2 Best Sights in The Litchfield Hills, Connecticut

Early Kent residents Jacob and Isaac Bull first built a bridge on this site in 1760, where it was later crossed—as local legend has it—by George Washington. The current covered bridge was built in 1842, and is one of just a handful of covered bridges left in the state still open to traffic. It has been reinforced over the years, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. If you feel like a hike, there is an easy trail that leads to waterfalls and a small gorge.

A romantic reminder of the past, this single-lane bridge over the Housatonic River is on Route 128, just east of U.S. 7, in West Cornwall. The 172-feet-long and 15-feet-wide lattice truss bridge was built in 1841 and still carries vehicular traffic. The design incorporates strut techniques that were later copied by bridge builders around the country.