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North Westminster Covered Bridge
Description
Given that the name of this street is "Covered Bridge Road" there was clearly once a covered bridge over the Saxtons River here. However, there is no sign of any covered bridge today, and the crossing is nothing more than a UCEB. There are no historical markers and no abandoned piers visible in the river. It is unclear if the original covered bridge was demolished for some reason (which would be extremely rare in and of itself, but especially in a state like Vermont that takes great pride in its covered bridges); or if the covered bridge was destroyed, likely by flooding, and the decision was made to just replace it with a modern bridge and not replicate the original. Either way, there is little to no information about the original crossing here and more information would be needed to determine exact details.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Through truss covered bridge over Saxtons River on Covered Bridge Road
- Location
- North Westminster, Windham County, Vermont
- Status
- Destroyed by arson in 1967; replaced by UCEB.
- History
- Bridge has been replaced by a UCEB as of 2020.
- Dimensions
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Total length: 118.0 ft.
- Also called
- Grangers Bridge
Gageville Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.11661, -72.45599 (decimal degrees)
43°06'60" N, 72°27'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/706970/4776905 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 90028 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 26, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- July 22, 2020: Added by Nick Boppel