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Orleans
County, Vermont
(WGN 45-10-01)
(WGCB VT-10-01): (1881) (Private) (1881; floor repaired
after 1958) (Private) A single-span Paddleford truss 50' over
the Black River. Located: East of Irasburg, Vermont on Covered
Bridge Road (or Old Dump Road). Directions: From the southern
jct. of SR 14 and SR 58 in Irasburg, Vermont, go 0.5 mile east and make
a right on Covered Bridge Road (on some maps Old Dump Road) 0.7 mile to
bridge on the left on a farm. Named for the waterway it originally
spanned (which enters the Black River not far from here), it was moved
by dairy farmer Joseph Leblond to this location in 1958 after its abutments
were washed out and it was bypassed by a new concrete steel bridge in 1957
to provide access to his farm property. Since being relocated several repairs
have been made to the flooring and the floor beams. Its sides and portals are uncovered. The floor has longitudinal planking with wheel treads, fastened to the transverse floor beams, secured
to the lower chords. It has a old, slightly rusted, galvanized steel
roof and there are swinging steel cattle gates at the west entrance.
Also known as the LeBlond Farm Covered Bridge, the Lords Creek
Covered Bridge and the Orne Covered Bridge. (Oct 2003) |
