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Chamberlin Mill Covered Bridge

Caledonia County, Vermont
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Chamberlin Mill Covered Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in October 2009

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Overview
Covered bridge over South Wheelock Branch on West Street in Lyndon
Location
Town of Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vermont
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1881; rehabilitated 1980
Design
Queenpost Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 64.0 ft.
Total length: 68.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.3 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 1974
Also called
Whitcom Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.51649, -72.01630   (decimal degrees)
44°30'59" N, 72°00'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/737132/4933572 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Lyndonville
Inventory numbers
NRHP 74000205 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 33944 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2010)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 19.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
400

Categories 

19th Century (3,999)
Built 1881 (60)
Built during 1880s (1,087)
Caledonia County, Vermont (17)
Covered (944)
Functionally obsolete (7,111)
NR-listed (2,384)
Open (29,402)
Owned by township (1,845)
 Queenpost truss (161)
Span length 50-75 feet (7,202)
Through truss (9,585)
Total length 50-75 feet (7,062)
Town of Lyndon, Vermont (1)
Truss (24,150)
Vermont (283)
Wooden deck (5,494)

Update Log 

  • October 16, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Bridge is known as the Chamberlin Mill Covered Bridge; added NRHP info; corrected GPS

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