tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50434564042948918442024-03-14T02:41:28.692-07:00Vermont Covered BridgesRide along as we share photos and stories of our adventure locating the many historic covered bridges in Vermont.Tour NVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687152959996135605noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043456404294891844.post-83172564342166352512013-09-29T12:29:00.009-07:002013-09-29T12:29:58.491-07:00So ... We Weren't Really FinishedSunday, September 29, 2013<br />
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Beautiful day for a drive. The sun was shining. Perfect. <br />
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First stop. The Floating Bridge on Sunset Lake in Brookfield. The bridge, originally built in 1820, is closed to vehicle traffic but foot traffic is allowed. There is only one other floating bridge in the US which is located in Washington state. The Vermont FLoating Bridge was rebuilt in 1978. It's deck was held up by fiberglass flotation barrels filled with styrofoam (that are now waterlogged). This rare bridge is scheduled to be restored in the summer of 2014!<br />
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Then we revisited the Taftsville Covered Bridge which was closed for repair on our July 14th visit.</div>
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See what 2 million dollars will get you! (It was a very busy bridge today. Hard to get a good shot.)</div>
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Stopped at the Taftsville Country Store across from the bridge for a quick drink. </div>
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Enjoy. Nancy</div>
Tour NVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687152959996135605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043456404294891844.post-77543814201410960342013-09-28T16:48:00.000-07:002013-09-28T17:25:43.528-07:00Almost Last but Not LeastSeptember 28, 2013<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So today our summer covered bridge adventure concluded with the Maple Street Covered Bridge in Fairfax. Yup, we saved the closest bridge for last. Just 1.2 miles from our home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This town lattice bridge is 56.8 feet long. At 17.3 feet it is one of the widest covered bridges in the state. It was built in 1865 by Kingsbury and Stone. Looking pretty good for being 148 years old. During the flood of 1927 the Maple Street Bridge was dislodged and came to rest on the banks of Mill Brook. According to Ed Barna, some histories report that the bridge was reversed when it was put back in place. Guess we'll never know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dan has many memories of "the bridge" both on and under! I was not a townie and never visited the bridge as a student of BFA. (Bellows Free Academy) From the looks of the bridge foundation it is still quite a popular spot. For those of you who don't know the area, the bridge is a scant quarter mile from the school on the way to the local grocery store, Steeple Market. The bridge is known for both romance and fights!</span></div>
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around New England. For more information on him, check out: <o:p></o:p><span style="color: windowtext;"><a href="http://www.ericsloane.com/">Eric Sloane's Home Page</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After we left Maple Street we headed up to Barton to do a little leaf peeping and to look for a covered bridge that my dad had seen on a recent outing. Dad was right. We found the Sugarmill Farm Covered Bridge just south of Interstate 91 on Route 16. </span><br />
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We had eleven locations in Bennington and Windham Counties on our list for today. Dan and I headed out early and stopped in Colchester to pick up our good friend, Cheryl, for a ride-along. She was with us at the beginning of our journey and we are getting clos<span style="background-color: white;">e to the end. How many of you know where Sandgate, Vermont is located? We took 22A south from Vergennes to its end in Granville, New York. From there we traveled east then south through the rural towns of Pawlet, Rupert, and finally Sandgate. Na</span>vigated a road that might give us pause in the spring. You just never know what you are going to see along the way. As Dan says, "It's all about the journey!"<br />
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After about 2 and a half h<span style="background-color: white;">ours of driving we finally found the Kreffer Covered Bridge over the Green River on Sandgate Road. This </span>pretty open lattice style bridge is privately owned. It was built in 1977 as a gift to a retired town clerk who had always wanted to live on a road with a covered bridge!<br />
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We had been looking for the next bridge since the beginning of our journey. One of the most often photographed covered bridges in Vermont is the Bridge at the Green in Arlington. It was on the front of our Vermont map!<br />
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There was a lot of activity at this location as a wedding was going to take place in the next few hours.<br />
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There were several red bridges on the trail today. They all were very similar in design and style. The next bridge was just over the town line from Arlington in <span style="background-color: white;">Sunderland </span>in the township of Chiselville. It crosses Roaring Branch Brook.</div>
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A short ride down the interstate-like section of Route 7 brought us into Bennington which boasts three covered bridges and the Covered Bridge Museum. The first one we saw was the Henry bridge which was completely rebuilt by Blow and Cote of Morrisville in 1989. Apparently this complete reconstruction happened without a review by the Division for Historic Preservation! Ooops! Looks very authentic.<br />
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Next was the Paper Mill Bridge also restored by Blow and Cote in 2000. I think they got permission this time. <br />
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The final bridge in Bennington, just a short drive from the other two is the Silk Road Bridge. Looks pretty much like the other two. <br />
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After a brief tour of downtown Bennington and a drive past the "Garlic and Herb Festival"<br />
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If you haven't been to Bennington, all over town, there are painted moose on display. There were four at museum. </div>
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The moose were actually done several years ago. Now as you travel through Bennington you see catamounts (mountain lions) all over the place. <br />
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We had a nice lunch at the Sunny Side Diner right on Route 9. Seemed a popular place.</div>
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A short ride up Stowe Hill Road just off Route 100 hundred in Wilmington we spied this little gem. It used to be called the High Mowing Farm Bridge.</div>
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In Jamaica is the Island Bridge. Interesting new little bridge built in 1989. I think it is called Island Bridge because this piece of land seems to be surrounded by tributaries of the West River. Big brother was watching there as well! And the mosquitoes were swarming so we only stayed a minute! West Nile anyone?!<br />
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We think this house had been flooded by Irene two years ago. What a HUGE project!!!<br />
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We were told that a man built all of these in tribute to his dog. The story teller also told us that someone didn't like all the spectator traffic and he knocked them all down. Boo ... hiss. But a Vermonter on a mission is hard to stop! It was amazing. We had to turn around and go back to snap some photos. Dan built a couple of small towers as well! There were other people there building rock towers and taking photographs. If you are out leaf peeping this fall these are located on quarter mile stretch of Route 30 between Bondville and Jamaica. (Provided we don't get any flash flooding between now and then!)</div>
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Tour NVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687152959996135605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043456404294891844.post-50291512126923196652013-08-27T08:14:00.001-07:002013-08-27T15:38:07.693-07:00A Visit to Emily's Bridge After Hours<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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June 30<sup>th</sup> blog post was a trip which included a drive through the
reportedly haunted, Emily’s bridge. (<a href="http://vermontcoveredbridges.blogspot.com/2013/06/emilys-bridge-really-haunted.html">http://vermontcoveredbridges.blogspot.com/2013/06/emilys-bridge-really-haunted.html</a>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got together with several of our friends a couple of weeks ago and picked a
date to revisit Emily’s Bridge, AFTER DARK. Our plan was for midnight, but when
all was said and done we headed out at 10pm. We loaded up our two vehicles and headed up
the mountain towards the bridge, it was a clear moonlight night. As we crested
the last little rise we caught sight of the bridge. To our surprise, there was
an illumination blasting out of the south entrance of the bridge which was
lighting up the whole corner off Depot Street. What the heck? Emily, putting on a show?!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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both vehicles kept traveling past the entrance of the bridge, hoping that the
Stowe Policeman, who was now apparently responsible for the light, did not
notice us. We stopped at the top of the next hill for a quick conference and
realized; it being a Saturday night nearing the end of summer, the youth might
be coming out to play! We took a roundabout way home and came at Emily’s Bridge
from the other direction, finding the same officer sitting in the parking area,
spot light aglow, patiently waiting for the evening to unfold. (Nan thought he
was playing Candy Crush.) As we did not want to be included in his plans, both
vehicles passed slowly through the bridge. We made our way from whence we
started and called it an evening. First attempt: no luck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5043456404294891844" name="_GoBack"></a>You can learn more about Emily’s
Bridge at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EmilysBridgeVT">https://www.facebook.com/EmilysBridgeVT</a>
and the story of the bridge at <a href="http://www.emilysbridge.com/">http://www.emilysbridge.com/</a>.
Happy hunting, if you are up for it! Dan</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Summer is speeding by and autumn has been in the air. We took last weekend off to trade cars so this Friday morning we headed off to Rutland in a brand new Subaru Forester. <br>
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Our first stop just north of Rutland was the Twin Bridge. Not much to see. It has been on dry land and used for storage since it was washed downstream in 1947. May of 1947 had had 21 days of rain followed by 3.7 inches of rain on June 3. A flash flood sent a 15 foot wall of water down East Creek knocking out bridges in its path. (Sounds familiar.) The twin bridge was rounded up and moved to this location beside East Creek.<br>
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Finding the Brown Bridge in Shrewsbury was a bit more of an adventure. It is a surprise that this bridge survived Hurricane Irene. Signs, signs everywhere signs!<br>
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This is the Riverside Covered Bridge in Pittsfield. This bridge is not built in the traditional style but a covered bridge nonetheless. I loved the recycled wooden sides. Riverside Farm is a working farm slash wedding venue. The bridge is used for photo ops I'm sure.<br>
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Our final stop of the day was halfway up the road to Mad River in Fayston. The Battleground bridge was built in 1974 as an access point for the Battleground condo development. It is a pretty bridge in a pretty setting.<br>
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She states that one winter a man gave his son, who was
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when Edan's uncle found out that he had been outsmarted. No battle ever took
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That's all for this weekend. I have found a new pastime. Genealogy! Using my Ancestry.com free trial to its fullest I have discovered my Woodward/Decker roots go straight back to the arrival of colonists to the New World in the 1630's and 1640's. Wow. One of my great grannies was born in 1625 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony. I'm pretty sure I will find a combination of Loyalists and Patriots when I get to the 1700's. Working on my mom's family today. Any guesses on Nichols/Miller?<br>
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Bridge count: 106 - 13 more to go. Enjoy your weekend.<br>
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NancyTour NVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687152959996135605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043456404294891844.post-4207696824975037672013-08-10T18:28:00.002-07:002013-08-10T18:28:57.329-07:00The Longest Covered Bridge in the USSaturday, August 10, 2013<br />
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Another beautiful Saturday morning. We again headed east and south. Off of route 106 is the Titcomb Bridge. It was a bit tricky to find. (We only had to turn around twice! lol) But to give us a little credit it was a tenth of a mile off the main road way back in a field! Loved the old machinery nearby.<br />
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Mill Brook Covered Bridge is a private Multiple Kingpost bridge built in 2008 by owner Kevin Osgood. Very nice to see the covered bridge tradition being kept alive. While viewing this bridge we happened to glace up the nearby hill. Do my eyes deceive me?<br />
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We saw two new bridges today and one very newly restored bridge. Check out the following video about what happened to the Bowers Bridge during Hurricane Irene! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C88lY5MqE_4" target="_blank">Bowers Covered Bridge Restoration 2012</a> We aren't sure why it wasn't open yet. The Bowers Bridge and the Best Bridge are just a few miles apart and look almost alike. There was a third bridge in the area but the Twigg Smith bridge is gone.</div>
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<b><i>The Longest Wooden Bridge in the United States!</i></b></div>
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<b><i>And the longest two-span covered bridge in the WORLD!</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The Twin Bridges of Hartland</i></b> </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This mailbox belongs to some friends of ours.</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: left;">We made a side trip back to Northfield to search for the elusive Chamberlain Bridge. We had a mislabeled map and two different sets of directions to use. Just after we (I) had given up and photographed something we thought might be the bridge we found the real deal just seven-tenths of a mile further down Chamberlain Road. I just can't imagine why it was so difficult to find this bridge. Can you say camouflage?! </span></div>
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After a little back tracking to get my camera we headed
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Just as we were leaving we met this Lowe's truck. Guess no one told him about the bridge! Pretty sure that was where he wanted to go!</div>
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The West Dummerston Covered Bridge is 280 feet long!!!! It was restored in 2010.<br />
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The Williamsville bridge was rebuilt offsite in 2010 and transported to this location via flatbed! Do you know why the front is paint white? A white front give better visibility during a dark night on a curvy road.<br />
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Lunch time. Harmonyville on Route 30.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great place for a sandwich. A beautiful sycamore (the largest in Vermont) stands watch over the store. </td></tr>
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The Grafton Cheese Factory Covered Bridge survived Hurricane Irene, but just barely. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ypLHJ_z_YA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ypLHJ_z_YA</a><br />
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The thick side beams were specially made of glue laminate to strengthen the bridge.<br />
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This bridge was rescued and moved from an area that was going to be flooded when the Townshend dam was built. It was transferred to its current site in 1966 next to the Vermont Country Store.<br />
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The Worrell Bridge is a bit unusual as it has a wooden ramp leading up into it on one end. The ramp was placed there to bridge a gap caused by erosion.<br />
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If you didn't happen to catch the Bartonsville Covered Bridge washing downstream, one of the hundred times it was shown, on the news after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of Vermont here is another opportunity. (Warning: there is swearing in the video.) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyO18one8fU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyO18one8fU</a><br />
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Have you ever been through a covered bridge. Here's your chance. A ride through the brand new Bartonsville Covered Bridge!<br />
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Our final stop of the day was in Springfield in Windsor County. The Eureka Schoolhouse is the oldest one room schoolhouse in Vermont. It was built between 1785 ad 1790. <br />
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Another covered bridge discovery day in the books. Again I was impressed by the condition of most of these bridges. In planning for today's trip I discovered several more bridges that are noteworthy. I have added them to the list. (I can't believe I forgot the bridge directly across 108 from the entrance to the Smugglers Notch Resort!) There are also two really new bridges built in the old style. Can't wait to see them. Bridges so far 88. Left to see 30. (I think there are 118 bridges we are planning to visit.)<br />
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Before I fill you in on the rest of our trip I wanted to answer a question Dan receive from an out of state friend. Here the question and Dan's answer.<br />
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<b>Friend: OK, I'm naive. What's the significance of covered
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<b>Dan: </b><b>Good question. The search to 'see' every covered
bridge in the state started when Nancy and I became members of The 251 Club of
Vermont. Members visit every town in the state. This 'club' was founded in
1954, when Dr. Arthur Peach wanted to know about 'all things Vermont' and the
only way was to travel around the state and visit each town. There are 251
official town in the state. At one time there were over 200 covered bridges in
Vermont, and through the years they have been destroyed by floods, vandalized
and burned or simply been updated by new technology. These bridges are works of art, with several basic designers who constructed their bridges regionally
throughout out the state. This 'journey' would be compared to visiting the 46
National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico. Also great Dan & Nancy time,
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So ... on with Saturday's trip. From Thetford we took Routes 132 and 14 over to Route 110. Route 110 runs north and south parallel to Route 100. Route 110 is one of my favorite roads and I didn't even realize there were six beautiful covered bridges nearby. The town of Tunbridge owns all five of the well maintained bridges. All all of the bridges are still in use. The Howe Bridge is visible on the right to northbound travelers. Pretty flower filled pails greet visitors to this bridge. An old ladder can be seen hanging inside the bridge. <br />
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Down a little farm road we located the Cilley Bridge. It looked practically brand new. Notice the windows on one side allow drivers on the bridge to see oncoming traffic. <br />
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In the center of Tunbridge, just north of the fairgrounds, is the Mill Bridge surrounded by what is left of various mill buildings. This bridge has also had recent restoration work.<br />
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Located just north of the center of town is the Larkin Bridge. It was built in 1902. I noticed right away that something was different about this bridge. It appeared to be sitting at an angle over the stream. The front opening wasn't squared with the landing. I found out that it is called a 'skewed' bridge. That means the bridge is placed over the stream on a slant. So the bottom of the bridge is actually a trapezoid instead of a rectangle.<br />
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The final bridge in Tunbridge is the Flint Bridge. This functional queenpost bridge is the oldest bridge in Tunbridge built in 1845.<br />
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A quick trip over the narrow Moxley Road (I snapped this road sign for my friend Jeanne in Maine) we arrived at our final bridge for this trip just over the town line in Chelsea. We liked the Moxley Bridge sign. Pretty fancy. The Moxley Bridge is also a skewed bridge. We found out that the Larkin bridge and the Moxley bridge were built by Arthur C. Adams. The area around the Moxley Bridge is charming with a little feeder stream running down a side hill to join the First Branch River.<br />
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What a great day we had traveling from the northeast kingdom to New Hampshire to central Vermont. It was a glorious summer day and we enjoyed every spectacular view and new experience. 76 covered bridges so far. 33 more to go. We think there are 109 altogether. Not sure where we will go next weekend but we will have to head south. I am anxious to see the twin bridges in Hartland. Thanks for reading my ramblings. Happy travels. <br />
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Following our visit to Lyndon we planned to head down to the Thetford area. A glimpse at the map let us know that there were no covered bridges between the two locations that we hadn't seen yet so we took a detour down route 135 in New Hampshire. Guess what? New Hampshire has beautiful covered bridges too! Just off route 302 we toured the beautifully maintained Haverhill - Bath bridge. I bet this would be a great wedding venue as long as you kept the guest list under 200! This bridge is 256.3 feet long.</div>
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Littleton, New Hampshire. This is the Bath Covered Bridge. It is 374'6"
long and is made up of spans of 117'6", 66'6", 62'6", and
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Yup. We bought some. Buy four squares get two free. What a deal. (I'm back ... just had a fudge break!)<br />
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We thought we were going to buy lunch there but got the fudge instead. So our next stop was back in Vermont at the Newbury Village store. We bought BLT's to go and ate them in a little park in Bradford.<br />
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This bridge linked Newbury, VT with Haverhill, NH. It was the
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In the center of Thetford we turned on to Academy Road (which passes Thetford Academy). This winding scenic road leads to the Union Village Bridge. Another well maintained bridge. Perhaps the windows are screened to keep daredevils from leaping into the Ompompanoosuc River below!<br />
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I made Dan take another short detour into South Royalton. I wanted a closer look at the beautiful bell tower above Debevoise Hall at the Vermont Law School. <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 18px;">Debevoise Hall, a strikingly elegant structure built in 1893 as South Royalton’s first centralized graded school, anchors the Vermont Law School campus. Its distinctive bell tower—eight tiny triangular dormers whimsically circle the roofline—can be seen from anywhere in the surrounding village and by travelers on Interstate 89." </span></span><span style="background-color: #fdf9e1; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">(</span><a href="http://www.vermontlaw.edu/experience_vls/the_campus/debevoise_hall.htm">http://www.vermontlaw.edu/experience_vls/the_campus/debevoise_hall.htm</a>)<br />
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A few other non-bridge sights along the way.<br />
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Total Vermont bridges: 70. Stay tuned for one more post on this trip. Look for it on Friday. Nancy<br />
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Yesterday I received a message from Suzy in Wyoming. Did I know that one of the bridges in Lyndon is in trouble? She included a link to an article from the <i>Caledonian Record</i>. <a href="http://caledonianrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=180&SubSectionID=778&ArticleID=97405&TM=59994.63" target="_blank">"Lyndon Bridge is Falling Down"</a> So this morning we headed over to Lyndon which claims to be the <i>Covered Bridge Capital of the Northeast Kingdom</i>. We were sad to see the condition of two of the five bridges.</div>
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After our picturesque trip over Stannard Mountain we arrived first at the Chamberlain Mill Bridge. An unusual queenpost covered bridge with open sides. The large roof overhangs help protect the bridge. This bridge is open to traffic.<br />
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Just about a mile away is the School House Bridge. Closed to traffic it makes a great picnic spot. There is a pretty little park and a picnic table on the bridge. The most interesting aspect of this bridge are the inner walls covering the queenpost trusses. A little note on the inner wall of the bridge said that the walls may have been boarded to prevent the school children from climbing into the rafters! It looks like the town spends a lot of money on fresh white paint! Being a former teacher I can almost imagine the children using the bridge's walkway on their way to and from school.</div>
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The Miller's Run Bridge is easily the prettiest covered bridge in Lyndon. It is on a state road so it has received a bit more money and attention. <br />
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Around the corner from Miller's Run is the Sanborn Bridge. This is the bridge that is falling down. It is a Paddleford bridge designed by Peter Paddleford of nearby Littleton, New Hampshire. Paddleford was an inventor who never patented his design. Privately owned and damaged again by the most recent rains the Sanborn bridge has been closed to ALL traffic. To remove it requires permits and the owners have been trying to give it away. (See article: <a href="http://caledonianrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=180&SubSectionID=778&ArticleID=97405&TM=59994.63" target="_blank">"Lyndon Bridge is Falling Down"</a>) The owners are planning to board the bridge up this week. I thought it was funny that there seemed to be a building inside the bridge. I later found out that there use to be a real estate office housed there. Perhaps this bridge can be saved, if you believe in miracles!<br />
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Our final stop in Lyndon is the Randall Bridge. Also in pretty tough shape. We just did a drive-by. Funny that most of the Lyndon bridges were open sided. <br />
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We actually saw 15 bridges today. I will be writing about the rest of our day in two more posts. Let's just say we took a detour. Stopped by the oldest continually operating general store in America. Bought some fudge. And toured Tunbridge, where there are a ton of bridges! Total bridges 68. Be looking for another post on Tuesday. Happy travels.<br />
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We began our trip today with a stop at Shred Fest, hosted by New England Federal Credit Union in Williston. Goodbye old tax records and old computers. Jumping on I 89 south we exited in Barre. A couple of miles south on 302 from Route 14 is Robbin's Nest Bridge which provides private access across Jail Brook. It is a fairly new bridge built in the early 1960's.<br />
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On a crossroad between Route 14 and Route 2 is the Coburn Bridge. Apparently the builder Larned Coburn wanted the main road to go near his house so he offered to build the bridge if the route was changed. Frugal Vermonters took him up on his offer.<br />
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I'm pretty sure anyone who saw a snapping turtle at a full trot would not say turtles are slow. Barely had time to get this shot before he was GONE! Careful, kindhearted Vermonters.<br />
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Marshfield has made the Martin Bridge the center of attention is its little town park. This bridge was recently restored and the restoration process is on display undercover on the bridge. Vermont pride.</div>
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For some reason there is a swinging gate in the middle of this bridge. Dan just had to give her a try.<br />
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A covered bridge in Cabot was next on the list. A potty break was in order and the Cabot Cheese Visitors Center was the perfect place for a stop. While we were inside buying some sharp cheddar we asked the cashier if she was from Cabot. She was. We wanted to make sure that there still was a covered bridge in the area. (It was listed in some of our sources and not on others.) She was happy to let us know it was still there and gave some helpful directions. Another cashier said, "I drove by it on my way to work this morning." Helpful Vermonters.</div>
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Any guesses? Nothing to do with covered bridges but on our way to one we came across this little building.<br />
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Not sure about the window? Hummm? This is the Walbridge School house which has been moved to this location.<br />
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Onto the main attraction on this hilltop in Cabot Plains.<br />
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The A. M. Foster Covered Bridge is a replica of the Martin Bridge in Marshfield according to Ed Barna. It was built in 1988 and 1989 by its owner, Richard Walbridge Spaulding. A. M. Foster was the inventor of the Foster sap spout. (Yup I had to find a picture of a Foster sap spout. So here you go.) Inventive Vermonter.</div>
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We visited with some geocashers from Northfield on top of this hill in Cabot. We got some information about the Chamberlain Bridge that we couldn't find in Northfield. We must go back.<br />
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Lunch time, after a little Cabot cheese snack, was in Danville by Joe's Pond. You can buy your ticket predicting when the ice will go out at Joe's Pond Country Store even in July! I took pictures of the little memorial foot bridge while Dan bought lunch.<br />
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The old guy is the "Lone Sentry of Joe's Pond".<br />
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Interesting information about Greenbank's Hollow on this historical marker. If you visit here the town has made a park with historical markers and details about Greenbank's Hollow. Benjamin Greenbank, businessman Vermonter.<br />
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We were planning on visiting the bridges in Lyndonville today but we could see a massive storm headed in that direction so we returned home instead. Lots of great bridges and photos today. 63 bridges so far. Do you have a favorite? By the way I have changed the setting on the comment section below so you can add a comment without signing in. We'd love to know what you think of the blog or if anyone is reading it. Enjoy your weekend. Cooler tomorrow I hear.<br />
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<br />Tour NVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687152959996135605noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043456404294891844.post-39660607375893418282013-07-18T17:48:00.001-07:002013-07-19T03:45:16.465-07:00Quick Trip - 3 local bridges<br />
A nice night for a short ride. We made our way over to Westford to see the Brown's River Bridge. Not in use since the 1960's it was moved to dry land in 1987 and then back over the river and restored in 2001. It is closed to vehicle traffic. (But we saw evidence that a horse had been over it recently!)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The </span>LaRue
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bridge that was built in 1982. A stringer bridge has a<span style="background: white;"> longitudinal beam or beams that supports the bridge deck. These
bridges look very flimsy compared to their for-fathers. This bridge leads to a
private residence. It is not on Vermont's official road map but since it is
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<span style="text-align: center;">Riverside Park Bridge in Underhill Flats, Jericho was built in 1972. It is a stringer bridge. Located in a park it is a great way to get to the ball fields. Several children were playing in the water under the bridge on this very hot day!</span><br />
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Now might be a good time to add some of Dan's bridge research. One of the reasons the bridges were covered was to protect the floor boards and the side supporting timbers.<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">"</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Timothy Palmer built the first American covered bridge over
the Schuylkill River at 30th Street in Philadelphia in 1800. The investors
asked to have it covered in the hopes of extending the life of the bridge, and
Palmer reluctantly agreed. The value of the covered bridge design was quickly
recognized, as it greatly extended the life of the wooden bridges by protecting
the side supporting timbers (not necessarily the floorboards) from exposure to
the weather, thus lowering maintenance costs." <o:p></o:p></span></i><a href="http://pittsburgh.about.com/cs/pennsylvania/a/covered_bridges.htm">http://pittsburgh.about.com/cs/pennsylvania/a/covered_bridges.htm</a></div>
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Many people also agree that the bridges were covered because horses did not like to cross open bridges where they could see and hear the often rushing water. Some of the entrances even look like the opening to a barn.<br />
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<br />Tour NVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687152959996135605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043456404294891844.post-22999896344370507602013-07-14T07:01:00.000-07:002013-07-14T07:08:32.366-07:00Bridge Work - Repaired, Replaced, Restored The rain has finally stopped. A perfect day for a drive. One of our favorite roads when we are headed south on the west side of Vermont is Spear Street. 40 mph, pretty views and just a few stop signs. Just north of Ferrisburg in the town of Charlotte next to Spear Street is the Quinlan Bridge. As you can see it is undergoing a huge renovation. Interesting to see the 'bones' unveiled. It has a Burr arch and multiple kingposts. We will return to this bridge in the fall and check on the building progress. <br />
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Back tracking a little way and taking a side road (I was driving and Dan was navigating) we located the sweet little Sequin Bridge.<br />
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Did you know that in the old days covered bridges often served as a place to house your mailbox. Apparently it still is a good idea today!<br />
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Onward to Swamp Road on the Cornwall Salisbury border. We ran into a bit of a situation here. Notice the hinge on the Road Closed High Water sign it's hinged. My guess ... a frequent occurrence. How bad can it be? We always have to check.<br />
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We reached it by parking in a VT Fish and Wildlife Access Area. We had to hike in a quarter mile or so. We got attacked by mosquitoes the minute we stepped on the bridge! It was pretty swampy area.<br />
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Finally we arrived at the other end of Swamp Road called Creek Road and found the Cornwall Salisbury Bridge. Nicely restored. Boy was the Otter Creek high! Ran into a sheriff (not literally) on the other side of this bridge. I think he was monitoring the water level. We laughed at the three people on some kind of an atv (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q80KGpppAU" target="_blank">an amphibious 6 by 6</a>) slogging through the deep water. The sheriff was kind of interested in what they were doing as well! We didn't hang around to see what happened.<br />
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If you look closely at the photo above you can see the water on the side of the road from the flooding.<br />
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Lunch time at the Cattails Restaurant on Route 7 just north of Brandon. We have been by this place many times. Perfect time to stop in for a bite. We ate out on the screened porch.<br />
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A short ride later we approached the Sanderson Bridge, the only covered bridge in Brandon.<br />
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This bridge is massive. It is closed to vehicle traffic but a walking path winds through it (guiding you over the sturdy parts!) Thank goodness for Yankee ingenuity. The Hammond Bridge
was washed a mile downstream during the great flood of 1927. A local engineer
won a bid to move the bridge back into place. While the river was still flooded
(the wheels of government must have turned more quickly back then) Mr. Tennien placed barrels under the bridge filled with air and used horses to float the
bridge back upstream! They filled the barrels with water to lower the bridge
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I read that leaning is often a design flaw of town lattice style covered bridges that are located broadside to prevailing winds.<br />
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Can you tell the next two bridges were designed and built by a man (Abraham Owen) and his apprentice (Nicholas Powers)? The gabled ends are unique. <br />
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I love the lattice work showing through the side of the Gorham bridge. I just have to mention that we walked over many of these bridges and they really have a distinctive smell. Old, woody, moist, solid.<br />
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After a brief side trip to the Diamond Rum Mall in Rutland (wow, at least a third of the stores were vacant and there were hardly any shoppers on a Saturday afternoon) we headed across Vermont on Route 4. Our first stop was the Lincoln Bridge.<br />
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Apparently some of the locals were not happy about the green fiberglass panels that were used to roof the bridge during restoration in 1988. According to Ed Barna, the panels were installed to lighten the inside of the bridge and prevent accidents.<br />
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The Middle Bridge in Woodstock is just beautiful. It's a new bridge (relatively speaking) built in the old style in 1969. We had fun visiting with a couple who had been married in a covered bridge in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. They said they had visited most of the covered bridges in Vermont.<br />
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A wild goose chase later looking for the Frank Lewis bridge (which is gone) we found the Smith Bridge in South Pomfret. This open town lattice bridge is private and pretty.<br />
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The horses were in a field by the Billings Farm and Museum.<br />
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The Taftsville Bridge, the third oldest covered bridge in Vermont, is undergoing a major restoration. It was built in 1836. It is 20 feet wide and 189 feet long. Yup, we drove down the "residents only" road to get close enough to photograph this bridge. Some other covered bridge enthusiasts were down there as well. I am so happy that even in tough economic times Vermont's historic covered bridges receive the attention and maintenance they need. With the exception of the Hammond Bridge all 14 of the covered bridges we saw today are being well cared for!<br />
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Our final bridge of the day was the brand new Quechee Covered Bridge. Amazing what can happen in just a short period of time when catastrophe strikes. The Quechee Bridge was nearly destroyed when Tropical Storm Irene ravaged Vermont in 2011. The town, state, and federal governments all worked together to completely replace the bridge in just over a year!<br />
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I had to keep an eye on Dan here. He was out walking a part of a dam back near the Taftsville bridge.<br />
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As I was working on this blog post I heard a commotion out in front of my house. A bunch of cars, a large white van. Voices. And finally the sound only a hot air balloon can make. Good pilot. Good pilot. Holy crap! </div>
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Tour NVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687152959996135605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043456404294891844.post-70230775343295726592013-07-06T18:19:00.003-07:002013-07-06T18:26:41.089-07:00Seven Red BridgesToday, Saturday July 6, we headed south to Northfield on Route 12. Our ride along passengers were my mom and dad, Al and Dot Woodward. They weren't sure what to expect! Finding some of those bridges ... tricky business. The bridges were all in beautiful shape and all but one was a bright red.<br />
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All 5 of the Northfield covered bridges were nicely labeled with name, date and bridge style.<br />
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The Northfield Falls bridge is less than a quarter mile from the Lower covered bridge. It was fun photographing one from the other! After the longish ride from Fairfax to Northfield we enjoyed strolling between the two bridges.<br />
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Things got a bit wild for a bit after we crossed the Lower Covered Bridge as two ladies walking a dog came upon a very friendly or brave cat who headed right for the dog. The lady with the dog panicked saying the dog hated cats. The other lady picked up the friendly cat and held her until the cat's owner appeared finally and took the cat away. Across the road from the lady with the cat was this little cottage/barn and the horses totally oblivious to all that was going on just a few feet away!</div>
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About another half mile up Cox Brook Road we came upon the Upper Covered Bridge. This one had side windows.</div>
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The Slaughter House Bridge was just a bit further down Route 12. It also crossed the Dog River. </div>
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South of Northfield we headed east on route 64. It was quite bumpy so we hopped on Interstate 89 south to Randolph. From there we bounced our way to East Randolph on Route 66. (Highway dollars could easily be spent on that road I'm telling you!) The Braley Covered Bridge was cute when we finally found it! The <i>JIMAPCO Vermont Road Atlas</i> had it and the next bridge mislabeled and mislocated! A few side trips later we found them both! At one point we were headed up Laughing Lane and I'm pretty sure my dad thought we were nuts. It was a dead end road about the width of a car. He was fairly certain we weren't going to find a bridge going uphill! We didn't. The Braley bridge wasn't really that hard to find when "on the Braley Bridge Road"! We just hadn't gone far enough.<br />
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Thank goodness for bridge notes I had from Dale Travis' website or we might have given up! Gifford Bridge was only about mile from the Braley Bridge on Hyde Road.<br />
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Our final bridge of the day was the Kingsbury Covered Bridge in South Randolph. This our only brown bridge of the day was rebuilt in 2009. <br />
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All of the bridges had really high water rushing under them today! We saw many flooded or water damaged fields. Feeling so sorry for the farmers. All of the corn looked pretty desperate! We need some hot, sunny days to dry things out a bit or a lot!<br />
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My mom was surprised at the excellent condition of the bridges and all that we went through to find them. I'm not sure if they will be so quick to say yes when invited again!<br />
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That's all from the back roads today. Our new total is 42 wonderful covered bridges!<br />
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Happy trails. Nancy<br />
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PS. I will be starting a new retirement job next week driving cars for Enterprise Rent-A-Car. I think I might blog about all of the cars I'll get to drive, how many miles I log, and where they send me. I will be driving anything from a Chevy Spark to a Cadillac<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></span>Escalade! More adventures I'm sure!<br />
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Tour NVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687152959996135605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043456404294891844.post-77907411105431008642013-06-30T12:13:00.002-07:002013-06-30T12:28:57.138-07:00Emily's Bridge - Really Haunted?Sunday drive --- just a short one. Fairfax to Johnson, Johnson to Hydepark and Morristown, Morristown to Stowe. We made a quick stop at the visitor's center by Madonna Mobile to pick up the latest <i>Vermont Official Road Map and Guide to Vermont Attractions</i>. Finally, one printed this year!<br />
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Two bridges in Johnson. The Powerhouse Bridge is easy to find just left off 100C onto School Street.<br />
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The Scribner Bridge is also just off 100C a short drive down Rocky Road. This queenpost bridge is almost 48 feet long.<br />
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A roundabout drive through Hydepark brought us to the Red Bridge. (And I don't mean we went around the pain-in-the-butt traffic circle at Route 15 and 100.) I mean we almost got lost in Hydepark and Morristown. What we should have done was head down Stagecoach Road with a right onto Sterling Valley Road.<br />
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The Red Bridge is unique because it uses both a kingpost and queenpost.<br />
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Just after I told Dan to slow down on the very twisty Sterling Valley Road we saw this sign! Haha.<br />
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After a quick pit stop at a very clean port-a-potty near the Stowe bike path we headed up School Street to find the reportedly haunted Emily's Bridge. Not much action at high noon on a Sunday. Some tourists were swimming in the freezing water under the bridge, but no sign of Emily. Emily gets blamed for hurting animals on the bridge and causing flashing light, and warm or cool spots depending on the season. This bridge is over Gold Brook where you might just be lucky enough to find tiny gold nuggets if you don't mind the very cold water coming off the mountain.<br />
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The Brookdale Bridge is located at the northern most Stowe bike path parking lot. This covered bridge is just a youngster. It was built in 1964. It doesn't look nearly as sturdy as most of the other bridges we have seen.<br />
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A quick trip through Smuggler's Notch, beautiful as usual, and we were on our way home. We might have stopped for a quick look around but parking on a warm, summer was at a premium.<br />
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Total number of Vermont covered bridges seen so far: 34.<br />
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Happy 4th of July everyone. Dan has a couple of days off this week perhaps we will head south on our next adventure!Tour NVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687152959996135605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043456404294891844.post-64396441581428849492013-06-30T06:05:00.001-07:002013-06-30T06:05:34.640-07:00Helpful travel app<br />
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I forgot to mention yesterday as we were heading up route 242 toward Jay Peak, Dan told me about an app he had just installed on his Iphone. An altimeter! We climbed over 2000 feet. <br />
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The other thing I forgot to mention was our short side-trip through New Hampshire. We traveled through the town of Groveton and spotted another beautiful covered bridge. We didn't take time to visit but here is a link. <a href="http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/bridges/p61.html">http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/bridges/p61.html</a>. It appears they have about half as many bridges as we lucky Vermonters.Tour NVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687152959996135605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043456404294891844.post-52948169159734709402013-06-29T15:17:00.001-07:002013-06-29T16:15:20.673-07:00Missed Bridge FoundToday we were on a mission to find the bridge we missed last week. See what I meant about the signs!<br />
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Between Hill West and West Hill on Creamery Road we found this much abused bridge. It has been restored and you can drive over it but it looks like a local party place. <br />
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Next on our list was the River Road Bridge in Troy. This bridge is over the Missisquoi River.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">We were followed on this bridge by a sweet older gentleman who thought we stopped in the middle of the bridge for a kiss. We really stopped so I could get a photo of this sign that said this bridge was rebuilt in 1999 by Blow & Cote out of Morrisville. The gentleman was there because he is planning on building a scale model of the bridge. He also told us it had to be rebuilt because it had been burned down by some kids.</span><br />
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To bad we weren't here two weeks ago at the Lord's Creek Bridge in Irasburg, we could have crashed the wedding reception they held on this old bridge. It does need some tender loving care!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">To the New Hampshire border next Over and hour and a half and one Subway stop later in Orleans, we arrived at the Columbia Bridge which spans the White River between Lemington, VT and Columbia, New Hampshire.</span> <span style="font-size: small;">Since most of this bridge is considered to be in New Hampshire they pay to maintain it. It was last restored in 1981. It is 145.8 feet long.</span></div>
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We headed south to Lunenburg were we checked out the Mount Orne Bridge. We had to wait for another car to cross the bridge toward us. They were bridge hunters too! This massive bridge which also spans the White River is 266.3 feet long. It connects Lunenburg, Vermont with Lancaster, New Hampshire.<br />
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As we headed west we decided to forgo a trip to Lyndonville where 5 more bridges are located. The skies were lowering and we didn't want to press our luck with the rain. Our final stop of the day was the Fisher Railroad Bridge in Wolcott. <br />
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I literally have driven by this bridge a hundred times and never have stopped before. The Fisher Bridge is enormous!!! The cupola provided a way to vent the train engine smoke. The bridge is no longer in use. Most of the timbers on the floor of the bridge look rotten. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This bridge is in the Queenpost truss style. <br />
Notice the two beams on the diagonal bracing the main cross beam and posts.<br />
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About a mile from the Montgomery Bridge was Jaynes Bridge. According to Ed Barna in his book, <i>Covered Bridges of Vermont, </i>the Kissing Bridge sign was attached by a visitor in the 1950's. </div>
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Leaving Waterville we headed into the little town of Belvidere. Just off route 109 on Back Road we found this cute little bridge. Just over 12 feet wide.</div>
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A couple of miles after the Mill Bridge is the Morgan bridge. Also just over 12 feet wide. Both of these Queenpost style bridges were built by Lewis Robinson. (I would guess although can't prove that all of the bridges we saw earlier were also designed by Lewis Robinson or a relative of his. All the same style very close together.)<br />
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Next we found several bridges built by the Jewett Brothers. The following bridges are all lattice style.<br />
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As it turns out all of the lattice bridges we saw today built by the Jewett brothers had white paint on the entrances. Some of the maps show a bridge in Hectorsville. But I read that was disassembled and stored in 2002. </div>
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And now for the one we missed. We laughed when we went by the single entrance for two roads, Hill West Road and West Hill Road. Instead of laughing I should have been paying better attention to my map. Alas, we missed the West Hill Bridge on the Creamery Bridge road which connects West Hill with Hill West. (Wouldn't want to drive for UPS up here!) Road trip for another day, Cheryl!</div>
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Just north of Montgomery on route 109 we stopped at the poor Longley Bridge. It has issues...<br />
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One more bridge in this area located right on the Richford, Montgomery, Enosburg line is the Hopkins Bridge. Very pretty from a distance as well as up close.<br />
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Maybe I missed the West Hill Bridge because I was hungry. Since we were near Berkshire we made a quick pit stop at the following local landmark.</div>
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We had to stop at this historic landmark in Fairfield. The birthplace of Chester A. Arthur, our 21st President.<br />
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Nope, almost to East Fairfield for our final bridge of the day. The East Fairfield Bridge is located on Bridge Street just off of Mill Street. We ended the day crossing one more Queenspost.<br />
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Well that's it for today's ride. 11 bridges. Way to go Montgomery, you have a lot of covered bridges! We'll be back to finish our tour some day. Can't wait to check out West Hill and Hill West!!!!<br />
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Tour NVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687152959996135605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043456404294891844.post-22728169668396541942013-06-19T16:21:00.003-07:002013-06-19T16:47:27.579-07:00Quick Trip Nets 3 Local BridgesWe took a little ride to get some dinner at the Burger Barn in Jeffersonville today. On our way there we stopped at the covered bridge just visible from the west side of the Wrong Way bridge in Cambridge village. The bridge is known as the Gates Farm Bridge. At one time it was called the Little Bridge when it use to sit next to the much more impressive Cambridge Bridge (now at the Shelburne Museum.) It has been moved twice, once during the flood of 1927 where it was pushed downstream 20 feet and once when the course of the Seymour River was changed and the farmer still need to get to his field. The Gates Farm Bridge is a Burr arch bridge. A design created by Theodore Burr has parallel arches and king post timbers that allow the bottom of the bridge to be flat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Gates Farm Bridge is a Burr arch bridge.</td></tr>
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Next we headed a little way up route 108 toward Smuggler's Notch. Not too far out of Jeffersonville on the left is Canyon Road. A tenth of a mile down the road is the Scott Bridge over the Brewster River. There is a nice little park next to the bridge overlooking the river. <br />
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Our final bridge of the evening was the Poland Bridge or the Cambridge Junction Bridge. Sometimes it is even called the Kissing Bridge. It is 152.9 feet long, one of the longest covered bridges in Vermont. The bridge is blocked to vehicle traffic.<br />
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<br />Tour NVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687152959996135605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043456404294891844.post-77888032895813687802013-06-15T17:48:00.001-07:002013-06-15T22:57:14.809-07:00Our Journey BeginsOn the road again. Over the next few months it is our plan to visit all of the public covered bridges in Vermont. My husband, Dan, and I recently finished visiting all of the 251 towns in Vermont and we need a new challenge. We saw a few of the covered bridges on our earlier quest. The bridges were just beautiful and now we want to see them all.<br>
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Yesterday I spent the afternoon doing covered bridge research and I came up with the following list which I compiled into a Google Drive file. <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmLd_zFkpKsVdDhiR1dQZHhZRDQ0SC1rd2RIS1ZQREE&usp=sharing">Vermont Covered Bridges</a> (<a href="http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbvt.htm">Thanks to Dale Travis for the extensive list of bridges.</a>) I also looked at the <a href="http://www.coveredbridgemap.com/vt/">Covered Bridge Map</a>. The official Vermont Attractions Guide and Road map has covered bridge symbols which are very helpful. (I do like my paper maps.) Dan brought home a new Jimapco Vermont Road Atlas and the Vermont DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer. So we should be all set. I do have my trusty Iphone which comes in handy in a pinch as long as we can get some bars.<br>
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Bright and early this morning we began our quest. There wasn't a cloud in the sky! We picked up our good friend Cheryl and headed to Shelburne on route 7. (We will be starting each trip form Fairfax, Vt.) Our first bridge of the day was at the Shelburne Museum. The Cambridge Double bridge originally was located over the Lamoille River in Cambridge where the wrong way bridge is now located. This unique bridge is double-barreled so it had two lanes for traffic. It also has a walkway for pedestrians. <br>
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Heading south out of Shelburne we turned right onto Bostwick road and headed down toward Lake Champlain. The tiny one lane Holmes Creek Bridge is located on Lake Road. I think it needs a little TLC.</div>
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A short drive later on route 7 we came upon the Spade Farm Bridge not too far south of Dakin Farms. It is no longer in use as a bridge and no longer at its original location. I read in Images of America, Vermont Covered Bridged by Joseph D. Conwill that the Spade Farm Bridge use to be located in North Ferrisburgh.<br>
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In Middlebury on Seymour Street we found the Pulp Mill bridge all spiffed up with new siding and electric lights. This bridge connects Middlebury with Weybridge. Mr. Conwell says there are only 6 double-double barrel bridged in America! And we saw 2 of them today!<br>
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We headed out of Middlebury on Washington Street looking for two bridges on Halpin Road. We found the adorable Halpin Bridge in New Haven. It looks well cared for! <br>
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We looked and looked for the Vermont Bridge listed on two of my paper maps but alas it was not to be found. (More research needed here. Where did that bridge go?) The most direct route to our next bridge took us through two mountain passes. We explored the Notch Road with a view of a sparkling brook and then Lincoln Gap Road which was steep. Many hikers were out and about on a spectacular summer Saturday. We even saw a hearty soul biking up the Gap. Rock on! A short drive down Main Street in Warren brought us to our next bridge which was built in 1879. No power tools back then! <br>
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Lunch time. We made our way north on route 100 (my favorite road in Vermont, when it is not being resurfaced as it was today) to Waitsfield. Lunch was sandwiches from a local deli/gas station. Delicious. We always make a point to buy lunch along the way. I'll have to ask Dan the name of the Deli. He's good at remembering details like that. Cheryl said it was a Mobil station. Dan says Irasville Country Store.<br>
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After lunch our next stop was the Village Bridge in Waitsfield. Fortunately it was only slightly damaged by the flood caused by Hurricane Irene. I like the side walkway. <br>
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Just a few miles away on North Road by way of Joslin Hill Road we found Pine Brook Bridge in Waitsfield. I should have taken a picture of the inside because this bridge has king posts which are central vertical supporting posts to hold up the roof.<br>
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The Pine Brook Bridge was our last for the day. Once you hit 75 K on your Subaru you might need to have some brake work done. That grinding sound can't be good! Happy trails. Maybe we will see some more of Vermont's classic covered bridges next weekend. NancyTour NVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687152959996135605noreply@blogger.com0