Great Eddy Covered Bridge

The Great Eddy Covered Bridge, also called the Big Eddy Covered Bridge or Waitsfield Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the Mad River in Waitsfield, Vermont on Bridge Street.

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Type: Tourist attraction
Description: bridge in Waitsfield, Vermont
Also known as: “Big Eddy Covered Bridge”, “Village Bridge”, and “Waitsfield Covered Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Green Mountain Valley School.

Green Mountain Valley School

School

Green Mountain Valley School is a college preparatory high school located near Sugarbush Resort in Waitsfield, Vermont. The school was founded in 1973 by Al Hobart, Bill Moore, John Schultz, Ashley Cadwell and Jane Hobart. Green Mountain Valley School is situated 1½ miles west of Great Eddy Covered Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moretown and Warren.

Moretown

Village

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Moretown is a town in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,753 at the 2020 census. Moretown is situated 5 miles northeast of Great Eddy Covered Bridge.

Warren

Village

Photo: Doug Shick, CC BY 2.0.

Warren is a town in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,977 at the 2020 census. The center of population of Vermont is located in Warren. Warren is situated 5 miles south of Great Eddy Covered Bridge.

Great Eddy Covered Bridge

Categories: covered bridge, road bridge, heritage site, bridge, tourism, and historic site
Location: Waitsfield, Washington, Central Vermont, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.18937° or 44° 11′ 22″ north

Longitude

-72.8235° or 72° 49′ 25″ west

Elevation

689 feet (210 metres)

Inception

1833

Open location code

87P955QG+PH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1021021649

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

GeoNames ID

5236598

Wikidata ID

Q5599100

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Great Eddy Covered Bridge” goes by many names.

German: “Great Eddy Covered Bridge”

Localities in the Area

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