Rating:
47145
{96}%
2 votes
Hammond Covered Bridge 45-11-05
Photos
Hammond Bridge
Photo taken by John Borthwick securevermont.com
BH Photo #188814
Description
The bridge was washed downstream by 1927 flooding and found intact. It was floated on barrels and put back in place. The bridge s owned bt the State of Vermont Division for Historic Preservation
Facts
- Overview
- Covered Town Lattice through truss bridge over Otter Creek on the old alignment of Kendall Hill Road
- Location
- Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1842 by Asa Nourse; Washed away & restored 1927; bypassed 1960
- Builder
- - Asa Nourse
- Design
- Town lattice truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 138.0 ft.
Total length: 139.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.8 ft.
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1974
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.72062, -73.05349 (decimal degrees)
43°43'14" N, 73°03'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/656791/4842684 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Proctor
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 74000256 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 45-11-05 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 47145 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 4, 2018: New photo from Richard Doody
- July 7, 2015: New photos from Michael Quiet
- July 24, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- July 24, 2014: Updated by Michael Quiet: corrected location and noted that this was on an old alignment of Kendall Hill Rd.
- July 15, 2014: New photos from Michael Quiet
- November 28, 2010: Added by John Borthwick securevermont.com
Sources
- John Borthwick
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
- Richard Doody
Michael: Wonderful photos of the Hammond Bridge. I really miss Vermont. See my new photos from Maryland, Balto. County today...