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South Pomfret or Teago, Windsor County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-14-18
County: Windsor County
Township: Pomfret
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: South Pomfret or Teago
Crosses: Barnard Brook
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 39'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1870 (M1973)
Builder: Cummings Construction
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N43 39.671
Longitude: W072 32.260
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Directions: 1.2 miles north of jct US4 on VT12, then 1.8 miles right on Pomfret Rd. and walk 0.1 miles left on farm access road at #1999. At South Pomfret.

South Pomfret or Teago Bridge, Pomfret, Windsor County, VT Built 1870 (M1973)
Bill Caswell Photo, January 26, 2009

South Pomfret or Teago Bridge, Pomfret, Windsor County, VT Built 1870 (M1973)
Bill Caswell Photo, May 30, 2016

Comments:
½ of 45-08-05, private, moved 1973. This bridge was built by Cummings Construction from wood salvaged from the Garfield Bridge which crossed the Green River at Garfield. The Garfield Bridge was strengthened in 1946 to handle construction vehicles working on the Green River Reservoir project. It was abandoned in 1965. Thurston Twigg-Smith of ASA Properties Vermont, a real estate company, bought the bridge to provide access to two of the companies properties. The trusses were taken down, cut in half, and trucked to the building sites.

Sources:
Nelson, Joseph C.. Spanning Time - Vermont's Covered Bridges, 1997, pages 159-160
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 153

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