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Bowers Covered Bridge 45-14-11
Description
Exact age of the bridge is unknown. NBI gives 1890, but most covered bridge sources give either 1903 (not as common) and 1919 (more common)Facts
- Overview
- Wooden arch bridge over Mill Brook on C3037 in West Windsor
- Location
- Windsor County, Vermont
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built c.1919; Washed off abutments 2011; Restored 2012; Damaged by overweight truck & rehabilitated 2014
- Builder
- - Jan Lewandoski (2014 rehabilitation)
- Design
- Timber through arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 32.2 ft.
Total length: 45.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1973
- Also called
- Brownsville
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.46135, -72.49072 (decimal degrees)
43°27'41" N, 72°29'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/702994/4815107 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Windsor
- Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 50
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 73000211 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 45-14-11 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 34086 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of September 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 27.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 6, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
- September 6, 2016: Updated by Michael Quiet: Added photos. Noted unknown status of exact build date
- August 24, 2016: Photo imported by Dave King
- April 18, 2016: New photo from John Borthwick
- February 17, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
Sources
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- John Borthwick
- Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
- Richard Doody
Comments
Mill Brook Bridge
Christian,
The bridge you and the article are pointing to is this bridge in Connecticut: http://www.bridgehunter.com/ct/new-london/bh44676/ and by the way, those news articles about the bridge have been misleading. Its the oldest stone bridge in Connecticut, but not the USA. Choate Bridge http://www.historicbridges.org/massachusetts/choate/ and Frankford Avenue Bridge both have it beat: http://bridgehunter.com/pa/philadelphia/frankford-avenue/
Mill Brook Bridge
This bridge was washed away by flooding. It was the oldest known free-standing stone bridge in America. Here is the article...
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/vt/windsor/101422003414221/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/vt/windsor/101422003414221/
This bridge should be listed on C3030 (Bible Hill Road), with an NBI Structure Number of 101422003314221. That lists it as Year Built of 1919 and is confirmed by Lat/Long in NBI.
There is another similar bridge, Best's Covered Bridge, carrying C3037 (Churchill Road) which has the NBI Structure Number 101422003414221 and lists a Year Built of 1890.