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Franklin
County, Vermont
(WGN
45-06-04) (WGCB VT-06-04): (1883;
repaired 1998; renovated 2003-04) A single-span Town lattice
truss 68' 9" over the Trout River. Located: At the western
edge of Montgomery, Vermont off SR 118 on Comstock Road. Directions:
From the Montgomery, Vermont town green at the jct. of SR 118 and South
Richford Road, take SR 118 west 0.4 miles making a left turn onto South
Richford Road (just west of a modern concrete-and-steel bridge) 0.2 miles
to the bridge. Distribution beams have been added under its deck.
The bridge also features a side port unique to the area which exposes the
Town lattice truss giving the covered bridge a trim and jaunty look.
Abutments are of irregular stone and laid without mortar. The west
abutment stands on exposed bedrock. In 1997 a flood washed out the
bridges approaches which were repaired in 1998. Beginning in the
latter half of 2003 with work completed in 2004, the bridge was totally
restored. The restoration included repair and/or replacement of deteriorated
truss members, removing the old distribution beams and installing new floor
beams and flooring. A new standing-seam steel roof as well as replacing
some sideboards on the upstream side and installing new guardrails along
the roadway at each portal. Weathered vertical boarding, with the
exception of the new boards, cover the sides. It is open under the
eaves for ventilation and has a long horizontal window opening on the downstream
side at the west end. White painted vertical boards cover the portals
and the weather panels inside the entrance. Lengthwise wood boards
cover its floor and the roof is light brown painted steel. It was
listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1974.
(Sep 2004) |
