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Pine Brook or Wilder, Washington County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-12-12
County: Washington County
Township: Waitsfield
Town/Village: Waitsfield Common
Bridge Name: Pine Brook or Wilder
Crosses: Pine Brook
Truss type: King
Spans: 1
Length: 48'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1872
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N44 12.344
Longitude: W072 47.524
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Directions: 1.6 miles south of jct VT100B on VT100, then 0.3 miles left on Meadow Rd. and 1.0 miles right on North Rd.

Pine Brook or Wilder Bridge, Waitsfield, Washington County, VT Built 1872
Bill Caswell Photo (1987)

Pine Brook or Wilder Bridge, Waitsfield, Washington County, VT Built 1872
Richard E. Roy Collection

Pine Brook or Wilder Bridge, Waitsfield, Washington County, VT Built 1872
Bob Sheldon Photo, September 6, 2011

Pine Brook or Wilder Bridge, Waitsfield, Washington County, VT Built 1872
Bill Caswell Photo, April 6, 2019

Comments:
The bridge was restored by Milton S. Graton in 1977 at a cost of $14,000.00. In order to preserve the bridges authenticity, steel beams were placed ½" below the bridge to support any overload on the bridge. Other work consisted of raising the deck a foot and a half to keep the deck system dry and in 1989 new roof planks were installed and the floor was re decked. Circa 2001 the roof boards were replaced and a standing-seam steel roof was installed. One problem with the bridge resulted when the Kingpost was built with wood that had a spiral grain. Visibly cracking, it is now secured with a metal clamp. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 1974.

Sources:
Nelson, Joseph C.. Spanning Time - Vermont's Covered Bridges, 1997, Pages 120-122
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 86
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 149

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