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Arlington Green Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Bennington County, Vermont

1852 TOWN; 80’ OVER BATTEN KILL NEAR ARLINGTON
1852 TOWN; 80’ OVER BATTEN KILL NEAR ARLINGTON · JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Arlington Green Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Bennington County, Vermont. Vermont has 91 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 5 of them in Bennington County.

It was built in 1852, in the Civil War era, making it the 10th oldest of the 57 in Vermont with a recorded construction date; it crosses Batten Kill; it is about 80 feet long (21st longest of 46 measured in Vermont).

Status check, 2026-11: A Town lattice bridge over the Batten Kill in West Arlington, listed on the National Register in 1973, damaged by Tropical Storm Irene flooding in 2011 and reopened after repairs (one source says 84 ft, but most say 80 ft). Arlington Green Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 43.1044° N, 73.2206° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1852
CrossesBatten Kill
Length80 ft
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates43.10444, -73.22056

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Questions

Where is Arlington Green Covered Bridge?

Arlington Green Covered Bridge is in Bennington County, Vermont, at 43.1044, -73.2206.

How many covered bridges are in Bennington County?

Bennington County, Vermont has 5 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.