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Johnson or Braley or Upper or Blaisdell, Orange County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-09-04
County: Orange County
Township: Randolph
Town/Village: East Randolph
Bridge Name: Johnson or Braley or Upper or Blaisdell
Crosses: Second Branch, White River
Truss type: Multiple King
Spans: 1
Length: 38'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1904
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N43 55.711
Longitude: W072 33.310
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Directions: 0.9 miles south of jct US66 on VT14, then 0.1 miles right on Braley Rd.

Johnson or Braley or Upper or Blaisdell Bridge, Randolph, Orange County, VT Built 1904
Bill Caswell Photo, June 1985

Johnson or Braley or Upper or Blaisdell Bridge, Randolph, Orange County, VT Built 1904
Bob Sheldon Photo, October 8, 2010

Johnson or Braley or Upper or Blaisdell Bridge, Randolph, Orange County, VT Built 1904
Bill Caswell Photo, October 3, 2015

Johnson or Braley or Upper or Blaisdell Bridge, Randolph, Orange County, VT Built 1904
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
The truss on this bridge is only half-height. It was thought to have been built as an open bridge or boxed pony truss, it was fully covered five years later.

Sources:
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 82
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 145

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