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Queeche Covered Bridge 45-14-A #2

Windsor County, Vermont

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Quechee Covered Bridge

Built 1970 lost in Hurricane Irene 2011

Photo taken by Richard Doody in 1990

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BH Photo #421471

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Overview
Covered concrete beam bridge over Ottauquechee River on Waterman Hill Road
Location
Queeche, Windsor County, Vermont
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 2012
Design
Covered Concrete Stringer bridge
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 85.0 ft.
Total length: 86.9 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.64565, -72.41881   (decimal degrees)
43°38'44" N, 72°25'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/708175/4835754 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Quechee
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
2,400
Inventory number
BH 79018 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 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: 82.3 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Beam (15,827)
Built 2012 (61)
Built during 2010s (437)
Concrete stringer (806)
Covered (1,672)
Have street view (27,086)
Modern (2,448)
 Open (40,002)
Owned by township (2,753)
Queeche, Vermont (1)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,454)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,599)
Vermont (628)
Windsor County, Vermont (102)

Update Log 

  • April 6, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
  • October 25, 2017: Updated by Michael Quiet: Removed Pratt truss; This is a concrete stringer. Removed reference to height/weight restrictions. Imported NBI data
  • October 25, 2017: New Street View added by Matthew

Sources 

  • Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Richard Doody
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Queeche Covered Bridge
Posted October 25, 2017, by Michael Quiet (mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com)

A couple of problems here:

This is not a Pratt truss. This is a concrete stringer bridge with a wooden cover added. The internal truss is patterned on a Multiple Kingspost system, but that is merely for decoration. The previous bridge lost in Irene was the same deal, being a 1930's steel stringer with a faux wooden cover added in 1970.

There was mention of having a height and weight restriction? The National Bridge Inventory says that this bridge is open with no restrictions, and there is no signage around this bridge indicating one. The previous one did, but not this one.