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Fairfax Covered Bridge

Franklin County, Vermont
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Fairfax Covered Bridge

Photo taken by John Borthwick

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Overview
Covered bridge over Mill Brook on Maple St (C3035) in Fairfax
Location
Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1865; rehabilitated 1990
Design
Covered Town lattice truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 44.9 ft.
Total length: 57.1 ft.
Deck width: 17.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 7.2 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 5, 1974
Also called
Maple Street Bridge
Mill Brook Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.66361, -73.01056   (decimal degrees)
44°39'49" N, 73°00'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/657713/4947507 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Milton
Inventory numbers
NRHP 74000215 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 33958 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2010)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 24.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
600

Categories 

19th Century (3,819)
Built 1865 (21)
Built during 1860s (216)
Covered (925)
Fairfax, Vermont (1)
Franklin County, Vermont (20)
Functionally obsolete (7,035)
Lattice through truss (198)
Lattice truss (265)
NR-listed (2,353)
 Open (28,304)
Owned by township (1,813)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,048)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,894)
Town lattice truss (116)
Truss (23,565)
Vermont (265)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • March 1, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Bridge is called the Fairfax Covered Bridge, added NRHP info, updated GPS data

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