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Cheshire - Connecticut River Covered Bridge 45-13-55x / 29-03-23x

Windham County, Vermont, and Cheshire County, New Hampshire

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Connecticut River on Chesire Railroad
Location
Bellows Falls, Windham County, Vermont, and Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1849; Replaced 1899
Builder
- Boody, Stone & Co. of Springfield, Massachusetts
Railroads
- Cheshire Railroad
- Fitchburg Railroad
Design
Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Total length: 280.0 ft.
Also called
Cheshire Railroad Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.13566, -72.44012   (decimal degrees)
43°08'08" N, 72°26'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/708196/4779061 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bellows Falls
Inventory numbers
WGCB 45-13-55x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
WGCB 29-03-23x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 58736 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,304)
Bellows Falls, Vermont (15)
Boody, Stone & Co. (1)
Built 1849 (30)
Built during 1840s (224)
Burr arch-truss (394)
Cheshire County, New Hampshire (74)
Cheshire Railroad (5)
Connecticut River (107)
Covered (1,893)
Covered Railroad Bridge (66)
Double-barreled (98)
Fitchburg Railroad (27)
 Lost (28,364)
Lost 1899 (26)
Lost during 1890s (192)
New Hampshire (712)
Railroad (16,443)
Replaced by new bridge (19,289)
State line crossing (912)
Through truss (16,699)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,503)
Truss (35,365)
Vermont (681)
Windham County, Vermont (99)
Wooden (45)

Update Log 

  • December 10, 2014: Updated by Will Truax: Corrected design description
  • June 17, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added build date from Will Truax's site
  • November 8, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

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