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LVRC - Missisquoi River Bridge (Sheldon Junction)
Photos
STJ & LC RR Sheldon Junction Bridge
View from downstream
Photo taken by Michael Quiet in February 2014
BH Photo #286264
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Missisquoi River on Abandoned Lamoille Valley Railroad (Former StJ&LC Railroad)
- Location
- Sheldon, Franklin County, Vermont
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned
- Future prospects
- Scheduled to be converted to rail to trail use
- History
- Abandoned 1997
- Railroads
- - Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Lamoille Valley Railroad (LVRC)
- Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad (P&O)
- St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County Railroad (StJ&LC)
- Design
- 3 span Warren through truss with all verticals
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 123.0 ft.
Total length: 369.0 ft.
- Also called
- LVRC - Bridge No. 93
StJ&LC - Bridge No. 93
StJ&LC - Sheldon Junction Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.89573, -72.94220 (decimal degrees)
44°53'45" N, 72°56'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/662479/4973427 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Sheldon Springs
- Inventory number
- BH 61494 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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The original bridge built around 1877 on the same pilings was a wooden covered bridge It burned in 1903. You can see photos of that event on www.sheldonvthistory.org