Summary
The Hall Covered Bridge, located in southern Rockingham, Vermont, carries Hall Bridge Road across the Saxtons River, just north of its junction with Vermont Route 121. It is a Town lattice truss bridge, built in 1982 as a replica of a circa-1867 bridge that was destroyed by an overweight truck in 1980. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
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| Location | Hall Bridge Road, Rockingham, Vermont |
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| Coordinates | 43°8′12″N 72°29′16″W / 43.13667°N 72.48778°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1982 |
| Built by | Granger, Sanford |
| Architectural style | Town lattice truss |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000204[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 28, 1973 |
Description and history edit
The Hall Covered Bridge is located in a rural area of southern Rockingham, west of the village of Bellows Falls, spanning the Saxtons River about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) east of the village of Saxtons River. It is a single-span lattice truss bridge, based on the patent of architect Ithiel Town, and rests on stone abutments. Its sides are clad in vertical board siding, with three diamond-shaped window openings, and it is topped by a gabled metal roof.[2]
The original bridge was built in 1867 by Sanford Granger, a local master bridge builder. It was, at the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, one of three surviving 19th-century covered bridges in the town (out of 17 documented to exist).[2] The bridge was destroyed by an overweight truck in 1980, and a replica was built in 1982 by Milton S. Graton, whose penchant for authenticity extended to the use of oxen to move the finished bridge into place.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Hall Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ^ "Hall Covered Bridge". Virtual Vermont. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
External links edit
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. VT-40, "Hall Bridge, Spanning Saxtons River at Paradise Hill Road, Rockingham, Windham County, VT", 12 photos, 6 measured drawings, 24 data pages, 1 photo caption page