River Road Bridge 45-10-03

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River Road Bridge

Photo taken by John Borthwick securevermont.com

BH Photo #188919

Overview: Covered bridge over Missisquoi River on C3012 in Troy
Location: Troy, Orleans County, Vermont
Status: Destroyed by fire on Feb 6, 2021
History: Built 1910
Design: Town lattice truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 90.9 ft.
Total length: 95.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 7.5 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1974
Also called: School Bridge
Upper Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.95634, -72.39351 (decimal degrees)
44°57'23" N, 72°23'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/705587/4981405 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: North Troy
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 70
Inventory numbers: NRHP 74000249 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 45-10-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 34001 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2017): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 28.3 (out of 100)
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River Road Bridge 45-10-03

Posted February 7, 2021, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Caused by a faulty snowmobile that caught fire... Wow!

River Road Bridge 45-10-03

Posted February 6, 2021, by Alexander D. Mitchell IV (LNER4472 [at] verizon [dot] net)

Includes fire photo before collapse.

River Road Bridge 45-10-03

Posted February 6, 2021, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Collapsed after catching on fire earlier today...