Gates Farm Covered Bridge

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The Gates Farm Covered Bridge is a wooden, covered bridge in Cambridge, Vermont. It spans the Seymour River just off Vermont Route 15 on a private farm. Built in 1897 by George W. Holmes, it is a single-span Burr arch truss bridge about 82.5 feet long and 19.5 feet wide, with a 16-foot roadway and a metal gable roof. The exterior is vertical siding and the deck is made of wooden planks. It was originally known as the Little Covered Bridge and stood a short distance downstream near the longer Cambridge Covered Bridge. In 1950, after the Seymour River’s course was altered, the Little Bridge was moved to the Gates family farm to maintain access to the fields, and it became known as the Gates Farm Covered Bridge. The Cambridge Covered Bridge was moved to Shelburne Museum at that time. The Gates Farm Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. After years of neglect, it was damaged in 1994 and removed from its abutments; it was restored in 1995 with 18 inches more interior clearance to allow larger farm equipment to pass.