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Washington
County, Vermont
(WGN 45-12-75)
(WGCB VT-12-75): (1989; flooring replaced 2002) (Private)
A single-span Queenpost truss 40' over a pond. Located: North
of Cabot, Vermont in the middle of a field on Cabot Plains Road.
Directions: From Cabot, Vermont take SR 215 north to right on Cabot
Plains Road. Continue on Cabot Plains Road to the top of the hill
where the road curves to the right. At this point you can see a relocated
historic schoolhouse in the field to your right. Continue on the
road a short distance and you will see the bridge in the field on your
right behind, but some distance from the schoolhouse. The bridge
is a reproduction of the
Martin Covered Bridge (WGN
45-12-06), and was built in 1988-89 by its owner, Richard Walbridge
Spaulding, Cabot Plains, Vermont and relatives Douglas Blondine, and Frank
Foster of Walden, Vermont. Frank Foster owned the mill where the
timbers were sawed. He also made the iron straps holding the bridge's
deck to its Queenpost trusses. The bridge was named in the memory
of Spaulding's great-grandfather Alanso Merrill Foster. Dark
gray weathered vertical boarding covers the sides,
open under the eaves for ventilation. There are single opposing
horizontal window openings. The portals are covered with dark gray
weathered vertical boarding. The deck has longitudinal
thick planking, which was installed in 2002, and its dark gray weathered
cedar shake roof and gables project beyond the entrances to provide additional
weather protection for the interior. (Oct 2003) |
