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Holmes Creek Covered Bridge 45-04-01
Photos
Holmes Creek or Lakeshore Bridge
Photo taken by John Borthwick in October 2010
BH Photo #188549
Description
Built in 1898 to service the Holmes farm (hence the bridge name and the creek it crosses), this bridge has the unique distinction of being the shortest known covered bridge still in service. Rehabilitation work was done in 1994 by Gratton Associates
Facts
- Overview
- Covered kingspost arch bridge over Home Creek on Lake Road in Charlotte
- Location
- Charlotte, Chittenden County, Vermont
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1898 by Leonard Sherman; rehabilitated 1994
- Builder
- - Leonard Sherman
- Design
- King post with tied arch bridge
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 35.1 ft.
Total length: 41.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 8.0 ft.
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 1974
- Also called
- Lake Shore Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.33167, -73.28167 (decimal degrees)
44°19'54" N, 73°16'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/636996/4910147 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Charlotte
- Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 550
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 74000326 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 45-04-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 33946 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of September 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 53.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 6, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
- March 6, 2017: New photos from Michael Quiet
- July 15, 2014: Updated by Michael Quiet: Added common road name and additional history
- May 15, 2014: New photos from Michael Quiet
Sources
- John Borthwick
- Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
- Richard Doody