Emily's Bridge (Gold Brook Covered Bridge)

Emily's Bridge is the nickname of the Gold Brook Covered Bridge in Stowe, a one-lane wooden Howe-truss bridge built in 1844 that still carries a public road. The legend says a young woman named Emily died here after her planned elopement failed, by suicide in one telling and in a carriage accident in another, and visitors describe scratches on cars, footsteps, a girl's screams and ropes tightening, mostly after midnight. Little historical evidence supports either version, and it is a residential neighborhood.