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Hermanville Road Bridge
Description
This bridge is significant as a representative example of the bridges constructed in the early 20th century. By the turn of the century with bridge design becoming standardized, the Warren and the Pratt trusses, with riveted construction, were widely used, replacing the variety of designs used in the 19th century. This bridge, with its extremely light members and narrow width, is typical of the town highway bridges constructed before the advent of substantial motor vehicle usage. This truss is also notable for its railing, a decorative holdover from the 19th century superceded by plainer pipe and angle railings soon after 1900. This bridge is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Warren pony truss with alternating verticals bridge over Black River on Hermanville Road
- Location
- Black River, Orleans County, Vermont
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1905 by American Bridge Co.; Rehabilitated 1965; Replaced 1990
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York (Fabricator)
- United Construction Co. of Albany, New York (Contractor)
- Design
- Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
- Dimensions
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Total length: 68.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.86900, -72.26980 (decimal degrees)
44°52'08" N, 72°16'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/715671/4972024 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Irasburg
- Inventory number
- BH 80173 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 21, 2018: Added by Michael Quiet
Sources
- Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
- HAER VT-19 - Black River Bridge, Spans Black River on Town Highway 36, Coventry, Orleans County, VT