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Cooley, Rutland County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-11-07
County: Rutland County
Township: Pittsford
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Cooley
Crosses: Furnace Brook
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 51'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1849
Builder: Nichols M. Powers
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N43 41.424
Longitude: W073 01.716
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.1 miles northwest of jct VT3 on US7 then 1.2 miles left (2nd turn) on Elm St.

Cooley Bridge, Pittsford, Rutland County, VT Built 1849
Bill Caswell Photo (1987)

Cooley Bridge, Pittsford, Rutland County, VT Built 1849
C. Ernest Walker Photo, NSPCB Archives

Cooley Bridge, Pittsford, Rutland County, VT Built 1849
Bill Caswell Photo, April 2008

Cooley Bridge, Pittsford, Rutland County, VT Built 1849
Bill Caswell Photo, May 30, 2016

Cooley Bridge, Pittsford, Rutland County, VT Built 1849
Philippe Bonnet Photo, June 28, 1964, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
The bridge was named for a family, descended from Gideon Cooley, a veteran of the French and Indian Wars, that owned land around it. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 24, 1974.

Sources:
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 28
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 148

Compilation 2026 Covered Spans of Yesteryear

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