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Salmond Covered Bridge 45-14-05
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Salmond Bridge
Photo taken by John Borthwick securevermont.com in June 2004
BH Photo #191658
Description
Originally crossing the Black River near Stoughton Pond the bridge was moved in 1959 to a location beside Route 131 in Amsden to remove it from the flood control area. The bridge served as a town storage shed until it was restored and moved to it's current location in 1986.
Facts
- Overview
- Covered Multiple Kingspost through truss bridge over Sherman Brook on Henry Gould Road
- Location
- Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1875 by James F. Tasker; Removed and used for storage 1959; Restored and put in current location 1986
- Builder
- - James Tasker of Claremont, New Hampshire
- Design
- Covered Multiple kingpost truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 46.9 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.42685, -72.48835 (decimal degrees)
43°25'37" N, 72°29'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/703300/4811281 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Windsor
- Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 10
- Inventory numbers
- WGN 45-14-05
BH 47536 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of October 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 25 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 4, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
- July 8, 2017: Merged duplicate pages
- September 7, 2016: Updated by Michael Quiet: Added pictures. Imported NBI info
- April 5, 2014: Photos imported by Dave King
- February 17, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- January 6, 2011: Updated by John Borthwick securevermont.com: Added Salmond Bridge
Sources
- John Borthwick
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
- Richard Doody