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Lower or Cox Brook or Newell or Second, Washington County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-12-10
County: Washington County
Township: Northfield
Town/Village: Northfield Falls
Bridge Name: Lower or Cox Brook or Newell or Second
Crosses: Cox Brook
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 57'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1872
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N44 10.366
Longitude: W072 39.180
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Directions: 0.2 miles west of VT12 and main intersection in Northfield Falls on Cox Brook Rd.

Lower or Cox Brook or Newell or Second Bridge, Northfield, Washington County, VT Built 1872
Bill Caswell Photo, October 2007

Lower or Cox Brook or Newell or Second Bridge, Northfield, Washington County, VT Built 1872
Bill Caswell Photo, May 11, 1985

Lower or Cox Brook or Newell or Second Bridge, Northfield, Washington County, VT Built 1872
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
In the 1960s the original stone abutments were faced with concrete when the roadway was strengthened with steel I-beams. In 1978 it was painted barn red. One of three bridges (Station Covered Bridge [WGN 45-12-08], Second Covered Bridge [WGN 45-12-10] and Third Covered Bridge [WGN 45-12-11]) within 0.4 mile of each other on Cox Brook Road. All three bridges are painted barn red. A sign over the portal proclaims "Town Lattice 1872". It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1974.

Source:
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 149

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