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Bowers Covered Bridge 45-14-11
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Bowers Covered Bridge
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt July 5, 2011
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BH Photo #274537
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
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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
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.