Old Covered Bridge

Old Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, described in its record as bridge in Sheffield, Massachusetts. Massachusetts has 9 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

It was built in 1998, in the postwar decades, making it the 5th oldest of the 6 in Massachusetts with a recorded construction date; it crosses Housatonic River; it is about 93 feet long (3rd longest of 5 measured in Massachusetts).

Status check, 2026-11: The original bridge, once the oldest covered bridge in Massachusetts, burned on August 13, 1994. The current Town lattice replica was built in 1998 and is open to pedestrians only. Most sources say 93 ft, but some say 91 or 100 ft. Old Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 42.1239° N, 73.3547° W.

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