Covered Bridge Thread
08-30-2011, 09:39 PM
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Vermont Covered Bridge Society put a list up @ http://www.vermontbridges.com/cb_damage_irene.htm listing the WCB damage as known so far
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Blenheim - NY-48-01 - Confirmed - Bridge is gone (It was the longest single span WCB in the world)
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This list is a summary from The Vermont Agency of Transportation - Joe Nelson
DRAFT Preliminary List
Queechee (ca 1970) – significant damage
Taftsville – damaged and closed (VT-14-12)
Northfield Falls – [Upper Cox Brook] severely damaged/destroyed (VT-12-11)
Bartonville – Destroyed (VT-13-11)
Hartland – Damaged (which bridge is not speified)
West Windsor – Damaged (VT- 02-01)
Grafton – [Kidder Hill] Damaged (VT-13-03)
West Woodstock – [Lincoln Bridge] Damaged (VT-14-13)
Bennington Silk Road – Damaged (VT-02-04)
West Arlington – (VT-02-01) Damaged
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One that I visited this June is
Blair - NH-05-09 - got stabbed by a tree
Blair Bridge in Campton (1870 rebuilt by Graton 1977)
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Blenheim - NY-48-01 - Confirmed - Bridge is gone (It was the longest single span WCB in the world)
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This list is a summary from The Vermont Agency of Transportation - Joe Nelson
DRAFT Preliminary List
Queechee (ca 1970) – significant damage
Taftsville – damaged and closed (VT-14-12)
Northfield Falls – [Upper Cox Brook] severely damaged/destroyed (VT-12-11)
Bartonville – Destroyed (VT-13-11)
Hartland – Damaged (which bridge is not speified)
West Windsor – Damaged (VT- 02-01)
Grafton – [Kidder Hill] Damaged (VT-13-03)
West Woodstock – [Lincoln Bridge] Damaged (VT-14-13)
Bennington Silk Road – Damaged (VT-02-04)
West Arlington – (VT-02-01) Damaged
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One that I visited this June is
Blair - NH-05-09 - got stabbed by a tree
Blair Bridge in Campton (1870 rebuilt by Graton 1977)
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08-30-2011, 09:45 PM
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I've seen some news photos of some guy walking on the bottom side of the Bartonville bridge (I think the captions are eluding to this bridge, not specific)...... Seems it's upside down somewhere downstream......
Maybe some of the original wood can be salvaged for a re-build.
Maybe some of the original wood can be salvaged for a re-build.
08-30-2011, 09:52 PM
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I've seen some news photos of some guy walking on the bottom side of the Bartonville bridge (I think the captions are eluding to this bridge, not specific)...... Seems it's upside down somewhere downstream......
Maybe some of the original wood can be salvaged for a re-build.
Maybe some of the original wood can be salvaged for a re-build.
I'm sure they'll salvage and incorporate all they can.
BTW - The trusses usually have the bulk of the graffiti so MJ + DB 4-eva 1937 or whatever will live on
EDIT - There's a nice write-up on it @ http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...e-vermont.html
Wow - looking at the picture on that page doesn't look hopefull for reusing anything substantial like whole trusses - they'll use what they can
08-31-2011, 07:11 PM
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Here's some Western NH pictures with my 87 Mighty Max back in 07
That's Windsor-Cornish Bridge (463' long) connecting NH & Vermont across the Connecticut River in the background.
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Old Bedell Bridge didn't make out so well...
That's a sharp truck I had with a 28+ MPG 2.0 liter engine. I shouldn't have sold it.
That's Windsor-Cornish Bridge (463' long) connecting NH & Vermont across the Connecticut River in the background.
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Old Bedell Bridge didn't make out so well...
That's a sharp truck I had with a 28+ MPG 2.0 liter engine. I shouldn't have sold it.
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03-01-2012, 10:23 PM
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I just created a wooden covered bridges meetup group today.
There's only 2 members so far but hey, it's brand spankin new.
Here's the link to the group: http://www.meetup.com/Wooden-Covered...nd-and-beyond/
My buddy Mike has been using meetup groups for a few years and told me about it.
I said good for him but that's not for me.
I searched Google for local hiking groups the other day and a few hours later I was a member of about a dozen hiking & photography meetup groups.
It's seems like a pretty cool way to meet people with similar interests.
There's only 2 members so far but hey, it's brand spankin new.
Here's the link to the group: http://www.meetup.com/Wooden-Covered...nd-and-beyond/
My buddy Mike has been using meetup groups for a few years and told me about it.
I said good for him but that's not for me.
I searched Google for local hiking groups the other day and a few hours later I was a member of about a dozen hiking & photography meetup groups.
It's seems like a pretty cool way to meet people with similar interests.
11-18-2012, 02:43 PM
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