Elm Brook Road - Fairfield, Vermont
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Vermontish
N 44° 47.523 W 072° 52.296
18T E 668356 N 4962053
Wet / dry
Waymark Code: WMCP1F
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2011
Views: 11
I found the design of this bridge interesting:
The span is nearly evenly distributed between land and water. The raised roadbed approaching from the south abruptly comes to an end at a sturdy retaining wall built of squared timbers about 25 feet from the creek. I suspect this was done to accommodate the farmer across whose land the line was being built, providing an opening through which cows could move from one side of the line to the other.
Visible in the creek are two lines of old pilings similar to those still supporting the bridge near the middle, suggesting this bridge replaced a considerably earlier one.
Original Use: Railroad
Date Built: Unknown
Construction: Steel
Condition: Poor
Date Abandoned: Unknown
Bridge Status - Orphaned or Adopted.: Orphaned
See this website for more information: Not listed
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