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Pompanoosuc Bridge

Windsor County, Vermont

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Pompanoosuc Bridge

Photo from old postcard

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BH Photo #501184

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Town lattice truss covered bridge over Ompompanoosuc River on U.S. Route 5
Location
Pompanoosuc, Windsor County, Vermont
Status
Demolished
History
Built 1866 by Bela Fletcher; Bypassed 1937; Demolished 1954
Builder
- Bela Fletcher of Claremont, New Hampshire
Design
Town lattice through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.75536, -72.23149   (decimal degrees)
43°45'19" N, 72°13'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/722876/4848426 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lyme
Inventory number
BH 73078 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,402)
Bela Fletcher (3)
Built 1866 (54)
Built during 1860s (601)
Covered (1,983)
Lattice through truss (636)
Lattice truss (670)
Lost (28,549)
Lost 1954 (89)
 Lost during 1950s (870)
Pompanoosuc, Vermont (1)
Through truss (16,827)
Town lattice truss (309)
Truss (35,516)
US 5 (12)
Vermont (681)
Windsor County, Vermont (113)

Update Log 

  • May 4, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • July 6, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • January 3, 2017: Added by Michael Quiet

Sources 

  • Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs

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