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Miller's Run or Bradley, Caledonia County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-03-06#2
County: Caledonia County
Township: Lyndon
Town/Village: Lyndon Center
Bridge Name: Miller's Run or Bradley
Crosses: Miller's Run
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 56'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1995
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N44 32.523
Longitude: W072 00.595
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Directions: 0.6 miles southwest of US5 and VT114 on VT122 and 270 feet right on Center St. Steel I-beams and a walkway added in 1995.

Miller's Run or Bradley Bridge, Lyndon, Caledonia County, VT Built 1878 or 1872
Bill Caswell Photo, November 2007

Miller's Run or Bradley Bridge, Lyndon, Caledonia County, VT Built 1878 or 1872
Bill Caswell Photo

Miller's Run or Bradley Bridge, Lyndon, Caledonia County, VT Built 1995
Bob Sheldon Photo, September 10, 2011

Comments:
6-panel truss. Construction dates of 1878 or 1872 are also offered. The 1878 date may refer to a nearby bridge - VT/45-03-53). This location is the last Vermont covered bridge on a numbered state highway. Per The St. Johnsbury Index, July 29, 1881, "Lyndon Centre. The new covered bridge over Miller’s Run is a good substantial one, and just the thing needed." After two fatal accidents near the bridge, the state proposed to remove it and redesign the nearby intersection. Townspeople argued for its preservation and ultimately, the bridge was taken apart and rebuilt with a steel structure for support in 1995. The new bridge includes a walkway that wasn't on the original. Some lumber from the original bridge was included in the new one.

Sources:
Barna, Ed. Covered Bridges of Vermont, 1996, Pages 202-203
Nelson, Joseph C.. Spanning Time - Vermont's Covered Bridges, 1997, Pages 107-108
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 140