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Franklin
County, Vermont
(WGN
45-06-03) (WGCB VT-06-03): (1865;
repaired c. 1940; reconstructed 1967; 1973-74; repaired c.
1990) A single-span Queenpost truss 67' 3" over Black Creek.
Located: In East Fairfield, Vermont beside Bridge Street. Directions:
From jct. SR 104, SR 109 and SR 15 in Jeffersonville, Vermont take SR 108
north to jct. with SR 36. Turn left onto SR 36 3.2 miles then turn
left (south) onto Bridge Street to the bridge on the left . Repairs
were made in the early 1940s, and the span was reconstructed in 1967.
In the winter of 1973-74, while the millpond was frozen, several of the
town selectmen made much needed repair work including repairs to the diagonal
compression braces of the trusses and strengthening the downstream side
of the structure. The bridge was closed to all traffic in 1987.
Repairs to the deck early in the 1990s made the bridge safe for pedestrian
traffic. Gray weathered vertical boarding covers the portals and
sides to the eaves. Red-brown painted steel covers the roof and there
are two green painted steel I-beams installed above the crosswise wood
flooring inside of each truss, with wire rope loops, securing the lower
chord to the I-beams to strengthen the structure. It was listed on
the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1974. (Sep
2004) |
