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Leicester Hollow Trail Bridge

Rutland County, Vermont

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Leicester Hollow Trail Bridge

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Photo taken by Michael Quiet in July 2017

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BH Photo #398050

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Description 

2 structures stand at this site, both a steel stringer and a pony truss bridge. The stringer, built in 1909, was the original structure. Built on concrete abutments, the short 25 foot span only covered about half the river width, the abutments jutting well into the river to accommodate it. Around 2000 the southern abutment was undermined with the fill behind it washed out, and the bridge was subsequently closed and the road it serviced abandoned.

In 2013 a pony truss was placed over the original stringer. The pony was acquired through the states adaptive reuse program and had originally been built in 1906 in Middletown Springs and was replaced and put into storage in 1995. With a span length of 51 feet the truss was double the length of the original structure, so a very primitive abutment of old concrete slabs was placed further back on the southern side to bypass the compromised abutment.

Facts 

Overview
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals bridge over Neshobe River on C3022
Location
Leicester, Rutland County, Vermont
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Stringer Built 1909; Closed and abandoned 2001; 1906 Truss placed over stringer 2013
Design
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals. Steel stringer span located underneath
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 48.9 ft.
Total length: 51.8 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Churchill House Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.83833, -73.04167   (decimal degrees)
43°50'18" N, 73°02'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/657434/4855780 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Brandon
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
71
Inventory number
BH 77706 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 99 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1906 (656)
Built during 1900s (7,686)
Leicester, Vermont (3)
NR-eligible (4,118)
One-lane traffic (7,925)
Open to pedestrians (4,602)
Owned by township (3,308)
Pony truss (17,090)
Preserved (1,231)
Relocated (1,043)
Riveted (2,572)
 Rutland County, Vermont (49)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,277)
Structurally deficient (12,815)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,638)
Truss (36,018)
Vermont (682)
Warren pony truss (3,582)
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (801)
Warren truss (7,051)
Wooden deck (6,176)

Update Log 

  • July 23, 2017: Added by Michael Quiet

Sources 

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

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