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GMRC - Williams River Bridge No. 114

Windsor County, Vermont

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Overview
Lattice through truss bridge over Williams River on Green Mountain Railroad
Location
Chester, Windsor County, Vermont
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1899; Undermined by flooding from Hurricane Irene, Repaired
Builder
- Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware
Railroads
- Green Mountain Railroad (GMRC)
- Rutland Railroad (RUT)
Design
Lattice through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 117.0 ft.
Total length: 119.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.24014, -72.55576   (decimal degrees)
43°14'25" N, 72°33'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/698452/4790383 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Saxtons River
Inventory number
BH 58742 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,346)
Built 1899 (430)
Built during 1890s (3,191)
Chester, Vermont (2)
Edge Moor Bridge Works (80)
Green Mountain Railroad (15)
Lattice through truss (636)
Lattice truss (670)
Open (40,970)
 Owned by railroad (13,494)
Railroad (16,455)
Rutland Railroad (50)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Through truss (16,748)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,372)
Truss (35,420)
Vermont (681)
Windsor County, Vermont (113)

Update Log 

  • November 8, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

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  • Luke
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GMCR South Branch Williams River Bridge
Posted November 8, 2013, by Luke Harden (lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This is a screencap from a post Hurricane Irene PDF the Vermont Rail System put out: