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Battell Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over Otter Creek on VT 30 in Middlebury
- Location
- Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1893
- Builder
- - Charles Hilton (design)
- Design
- 3 span Stone arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 142.1 ft.
Deck width: 36.7 ft.
- Also called
- Main street bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.01333, -73.16833 (decimal degrees)
44°00'48" N, 73°10'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/646820/4874984 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Middlebury
- Average daily traffic (as of 1998)
- 16,400
- Inventory number
- BH 33929 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of September 2015)
- Overall condition: Fair
Sufficiency rating: 59.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- July 6, 2018: New photo from David Shedlock
- April 26, 2016: New photos from Michael Quiet
- September 21, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
- September 9, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
- September 19, 2010: New photos from Doug Kerr
Sources
- Doug Kerr
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
- David Shedlock
© Copyright 2002-18, James Baughn and contributors.
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/vt/addison/205900010101112/
A very interesting read on the history and construction of this bridge, as there was quite a bit of politics that went into building a stone bridge at this era. Also interesting to know that there could have been a Pittsburgh Bridge Co. bridge here had the contract not been overturned!
http://henrysheldonmuseum.org/battell-bridge/