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Creamery or Centerville, Windham County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-13-01
County: Windham County
Township: Brattleboro
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Creamery or Centerville
Crosses: Whetstone River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 80'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1879
Builder: A. H. Wright
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N42 50.985
Longitude: W072 35.157
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Directions: 0.3 miles west of jct I-91 (Exit 2) on VT9 then 320 feet left on Guilford St. to parking on right.

Creamery or Centerville Bridge, Brattleboro, Windham County, VT Built 1879
Richard E. Roy Collection

Creamery or Centerville Bridge, Brattleboro, Windham County, VT Built 1879
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Creamery or Centerville Bridge, Brattleboro, Windham County, VT Built 1879
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
This bridge was built in 1879 by A. H. Wright to replace a structure lost to a freshet the previous November at a cost of $1037.80. The bridge was depicted on the 1886 Brattleboro Panoramic Map. The National Register nomination form notes that a covered sidewalk was added in 1920. The original wood shingles were replaced with a slate roof although the sidewalk is covered with a metal roof. Near the top of the portals are cross arms and holes where utility lines used to pass through the bridge. The bridge was rehabilitated in 2007 by Renaud Brothers of Vernon, Vermont. Work included repair of the floor system and lattice truss repairs. A fire alarm and dry sprinkler system were also installed at that time. In 2010, the road was relocated to the east and the bridge bypassed. It is no longer open to vehicular traffic. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1973.

Sources:
Allen, Richard S. & Morse Victor. Windham County's Famous Covered Bridges, 1960, pages 6-7
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. New England's Covered Bridges, 2004, Pages 293-294
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 150

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