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Franklin
County, Vermont
(WGN
45-06-01) (WGCB VT-06-01): (1875;
repaired (date unknown); rehabilitated 1999) A single-span Town lattice
truss 90' 8" over the Trout River. Located: NW of Montgomery, Vermont
just off SR 118. Directions: From the Montgomery, Vermont town
green at the jct. of SR 118 and South Richford Road, take SR 118 1.1 miles
west past the Longley Covered Bridge (WGN
45-06-08) an additional 1.4 miles to the bridge on your left just
off SR 118. Prior to its 1999 rehabilitation, previous repairs (date unknown),
included two steel beans cantilevered from west abutment to support ends
of bottom chords. In 1993 the structure was closed as being unsafe
for traffic and bypassed by a temporary bridge. In 1999, at a cost
of $320,649.00, the bridge was completely renovated. The renovations
included repairing and/or replacing lattice members; replacing the lower
chord and the lower secondary chord; its siding and flooring; replacing
the corrugated metal roof with a standing-seam steel roof and replacing
the knee braces. Gray weathered, vertical double-layered boarding
covers the sides, portals and inside weather panels. The floor consists
of crosswise planking with two lengthwise runners and its roof is painted
gray. An interesting feature of the restored structure is that it
has two thickness of vertical board siding, to make it more difficult for
vandals to remove them. The bridge is again open to motor vehicle
traffic and serves a farm on a dead-end road. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places on November 30, 1974. (Sep 2004) |
