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Pine Brook Covered Bridge 45-12-12

Washington County, Vermont

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #160377

Map 

Video 

Pine Brook Covered Bridge 45-12-12

Video taken by Michael Quiet

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Description 

Steel beams added in 1977 when the bridge was restored by Milton Gratton Associates. There is a cracked kingpost which is reinforced with a steel band.

Facts 

Overview
Kingpost through truss bridge over Pine Brook on Town Highway 3
Location
Waitsfield, Washington County, Vermont
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1872; rehabilitated 1977
Design
Covered Kingpost through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 47.9 ft.
Total length: 51.8 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 1974
Also called
Wilder Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.20582, -72.79200   (decimal degrees)
44°12'21" N, 72°47'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/676412/4897104 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Waitsfield
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
250
Inventory numbers
NRHP 74000264 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGN: 45-12-12
BH 44714 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 49 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (7,557)
Built 1872 (105)
Built during 1870s (1,105)
Covered (1,647)
Functionally obsolete (6,429)
Kingpost truss (158)
NR-listed (2,960)
Open (39,880)
 Owned by township (2,701)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,664)
Through truss (15,054)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,299)
Truss (32,771)
Vermont (615)
Waitsfield, Vermont (1)
Washington County, Vermont (69)

Update Log 

  • April 4, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
  • June 6, 2017: New photo from Sherman Cahal
  • April 21, 2017: New video from Michael Quiet
  • November 8, 2016: New photos from Michael Quiet
  • August 24, 2016: New photos from John Loxton
  • November 30, 2010: Updated by John Borthwick securevermont.com: added info
  • April 2, 2010: Added by Robert Stephenson

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