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Gillette Street Bridge

Windsor County, Vermont

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Gillette Street Bridge

Western approach

Photo taken by Michael Quiet in September 2016

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BH Photo #363407

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Description 

Rehabilitated in 2013, this bridge is the first example of a historic bridge in Vermont being rehabilitated with rivets instead of bolts. The caveat was that rivets were only used in the reconstruction of the upper chord. Other areas (hip joints, gusset plates) used bolts.

Facts 

Overview
Pin connected Pratt pony truss bridge over New England Central Railroad on Gillette Ave (C3029)
Location
Wilder, Windsor County, Vermont
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1915; rehabilitated 2013
Builder
- Renaud Bros. Inc. (2013 rehabilitation)
Design
Pin Connected Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 67.9 ft.
Total length: 73.2 ft.
Deck width: 17.1 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.67748, -72.30643   (decimal degrees)
43°40'39" N, 72°18'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/717125/4839578 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hanover
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
380
Inventory number
BH 73508 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 49.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

4-panel truss (315)
Built 1915 (1,259)
Built during 1910s (9,970)
Have street view (28,903)
NR-eligible (4,107)
One-lane traffic (7,835)
Open (40,968)
Owned by state (16,554)
Painted black (28)
Pin-connected (4,696)
 Pony truss (17,011)
Pratt pony truss (3,950)
Pratt truss (10,297)
Renaud Bros. Inc. (9)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,420)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,571)
Truss (35,452)
Vermont (681)
Wilder, Vermont (1)
Windsor County, Vermont (113)

Update Log 

  • September 7, 2016: Added by Michael Quiet

Sources 

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

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