
Pulp Mill Bridge - Middlebury, VT
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Telomere
N 44° 01.453 W 073° 10.632
18T E 646082 N 4876178
Quick Description: Constructed in 1820, and rebuilt several times since. Pulp Mill Bridge is the only two-lane covered bridge in Vermont still in daily use.
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 5/10/2009 6:01:02 PM
Waymark Code: WM6BWM
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Long Description:Pulp Mill Bridge is located in a small neighborhood on the border
of Middlebury and Weybridge, Vermont. It is a 184-foot Burr arch,
double barrel truss construction which carries Pulp Mill Bridge
Road over Otter Creek.

Source:
http://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/tech/burr.htm
It was originally a single span, but time and use have reduced it's
structural integrity - and part of reconstruction was dividing it
into 3 spans with concrete piers, and timber cribs added at each
division.
The only other 2-lane covered bridge in Vermont serves as a
staff entrance to Shelburne Museum. It has it's own waymark.
There is a nice old mill waterfall on Otter Creek, just north
of this bridge; it is included in the gallery.