A.M. Foster Covered Bridge
Cabot Plains, VT
WGN Number: 45-12-75
Photo by Barbara Nowik © 2018
The Covered Spans of Yesteryear website provides the following notes for the AM Foster bridge: "The bridge is a reproduction of the Martin Covered Bridge (VT/45-12-06), and was built in 1988-89 by its owner, Richard Walbridge Spaulding of Cabot Plains, Vermont, and relatives Douglas Blondine, and Frank Foster of Walden, Vermont. Frank Foster owned the mill where the timbers were sawn. He also made the iron straps holding the bridge's deck to its Queenpost trusses. The bridge was named in the memory of Spaulding's great-grandfather Alanso Merrill Foster". Richard's grandfather was the owner of Maple Glen Farms.
This bridge has become highly photographed. A nighttime picture of the bridge and the Milky Way galaxy was an entry in the 13th ANNUAL SMITHSONIAN.COM PHOTO CONTEST.
The Cabot Historical Society provides a local account of the bridge and its builders: Foster Covered Bridge.
A.M. Foster Covered Bridge Vital Statistics
| Town: | Cabot Plains |
| Location: | Cabot Plains Road (private) |
| Crossing: | Pond |
| Date: | 1988 |
| Builder: | Spaulding, Blondine, Foster |
| Truss Type: | Queenpost |
| Truss Length: | 40 feet |
Additional Information:
Join Phill Gatenby as he takes us on a video tour of the A.M. Foster Bridge in Cabot Plains. Phill provides interesting history and commentary for this bridge. Click on the YouTube image below to get started
You can also follow Phill on his Facebook group Vermont's 100 Covered Bridges
Credits: All pictures, information, and descriptions are taken from Spanning Time Vermont's Covered Bridges by Joseph C. Nelson ©1997 and the World Guide to Covered Bridges - 2009 unless otherwise specified.
