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Merchants Row Railroad Overpass

Addison County, Vermont

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Middlebury tracks through town.

Photo taken by Panoramio user JBTHEMILKER

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND)

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BH Photo #337895

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Street View 

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Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Vermont Railway on Merchants Row
Location
Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont
Status
Demolished
History
Built 1920; demolished 2017
Railroads
- Rutland Railroad (RUT)
- Vermont Railway (VTR)
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 25.9 ft.
Total length: 34.1 ft.
Deck width: 78.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.01361, -73.16750   (decimal degrees)
44°00'49" N, 73°10'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/646886/4875016 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Middlebury
Average daily traffic (as of 1997)
7,300
Inventory number
BH 69296 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 32 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Addison County, Vermont (35)
Beam (16,946)
Built 1920 (1,048)
Built during 1920s (10,284)
Have street view (29,166)
Lost (29,050)
Lost 2017 (306)
Lost during 2010s (3,621)
 Middlebury, Vermont (8)
Rutland Railroad (50)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,274)
Steel stringer (6,740)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,560)
Vermont (682)
Vermont Railway (27)

Update Log 

  • February 3, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • April 26, 2016: Updated by Michael Quiet: Noted that the bridge is scheduled for demolition and replacement in 2017
  • September 21, 2015: Added by Dave King

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