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Paddock Road Bridge

Windsor County, Vermont

Photos 

Black River C3066 side

Photo taken by Jack Schmidt July 11,2011

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BH Photo #272701

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Street View 

Description 

This bridge was part of the original Springfield Terminal Railway route between Springfield VT and Charlestown, NH. It was designed to carry the interuban light rail and a single lane of highway traffic. Passenger operation ceased in 1947; electric freight train operation was replaced by diesel in November 1956, and all rail service over this bridge ceased after the acquisition of the line by Guilford Tansportation in 1983.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Black River on Paddock Road
Location
Windsor County, Vermont
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1929 by Boston Bridge Works, rehabilitated 2009
Builder
- Boston Bridge Works of Boston, Massachusetts
Railroads
- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
Design
Baltimore through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 160.1 ft.
Total length: 167.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.4 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 1, 2006
Also called
Gould's Mill Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.27100, -72.45409   (decimal degrees)
43°16'16" N, 72°27'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/706602/4794057 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Springfield
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
300
Inventory numbers
NRHP 05001589 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 34074 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2017)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 78 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Baltimore through truss (322)
Baltimore truss (352)
Boston & Maine Railroad (402)
Boston Bridge Works (103)
Built 1929 (1,013)
Built during 1920s (9,925)
Have street view (26,951)
NR-listed (2,960)
Open (39,886)
Owned by township (2,706)
 Rail-and-Road (377)
Skewed (4,906)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,223)
Springfield Terminal Railway (158)
Through truss (15,078)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,921)
Truss (32,802)
Vermont (615)
Windsor County, Vermont (95)

Update Log 

  • August 8, 2020: New photos from Nick Boppel
  • November 6, 2019: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: added NRHP listing and alternate name
  • May 29, 2016: New photos from Janis Ford
  • August 26, 2015: Updated by Elliott Johnson: vermont department of transportation currently shows this bridge as open
  • January 10, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • August 29, 2011: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

Sources 

  • Nathan Holth
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Janis Ford
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com

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