Inventory Number: | VT/45-14-10 | County: | Windsor County | Township: | West Windsor | Town/Village: | | Bridge Name: | Best or Swallows | Crosses: | Mill Brook | Truss type: | Tied Arch | Spans: | 1 | Length: | 37' | Roadway Width: | | Built: | 1889 | Builder: | A.W. Swallows | When Lost: | standing | Cause: | | Latitude: | N43 27.309 | Longitude: | W072 30.981 | | See a map of the area Topographic map of the area | Directions: | 1.5 miles southeast of jct VT106 on VT44, then 230 feet right on Churchill Rd. West-southwest of Brownsville. |
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Best's or Swallows Bridge, West Windsor, Windsor County, VT Built 1889 Bill Caswell Photo, April 27, 1985 Best's or Swallows Bridge, West Windsor, Windsor County, VT Built 1889 Richard E. Roy Collection
Best's or Swallows Bridge, West Windsor, Windsor County, VT Built 1889 Bill Caswell Photo, March 16, 2010
Best's or Swallows Bridge, West Windsor, Windsor County, VT Built 1889 Bill Caswell Photo, March 16, 2010
Best's or Swallows Bridge, West Windsor, Windsor County, VT Built 1889 Bill Caswell Photo, April 5, 2010
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Sources: Rutland Daily Herald, July 27, 1973. The Vermont Tribune (Ludlow), June 21, 1889. Allen, Richard Sanders. Rare Old Covered Bridges of Windsor County, VT, 1962 Nelson, Joseph C.. Spanning Time - Vermont's Covered Bridges, 1997, page 167 National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LXXXIII, No. 2, Spring 2015, pages 3-5 Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 63 National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 152 |