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Silk Road Bridge
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Description
Built in 1840 by Benjamin Sears this 86 foot Town lattice bridge crosses the Walloomsac River. Originally named the Robinson Bridge the name evolved to Silk, the name of area residents. Rehabilitated in 1991 by Wright Construction, Inc.Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over Walloomsac River on C3026 in Bennington
- Location
- Bennington County, Vermont
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1840; rehabilitated 1991
- Design
- Town lattice truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 75.1 ft.
Total length: 86.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.9 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Locust Grove Bridge
Robinson Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.90943, -73.22542 (decimal degrees)
42°54'34" N, 73°13'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/644856/4752284 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Bennington
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 73000190 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 33935 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 04/2011)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 29.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 1,500
Update Log
- August 19, 2011: Updated by Will: Fixed design still miscatagorized as a Childs
- December 1, 2010: Updated by John Borthwick securevermont.com: update truss type, NR #, alternate names
Sources
- Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- John Borthwick securevermont.com
- Will Truax - Bridgewright [at] gmail [dot] com
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