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Scribner or DeGoosh, Lamoille County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-08-09
County: Lamoille County
Township: Johnson
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Scribner or DeGoosh
Crosses: Gihon River
Truss type: Modified Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 48'
Roadway Width:
Built: c1919
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N44 38.288
Longitude: W072 38.913
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Directions: 1.5 miles northeast of jct with VT15 on VT100C in Johnson, then 0.3 miles right on Rocky Rd.

Scribner or DeGoosh Bridge, Johnson, Lamoille County, VT Built c1919
Bill Caswell Photo, March 9, 2013

Scribner or DeGoosh Bridge, Johnson, Lamoille County, VT Built c1919
Philippe Bonnet Photo, July 3, 1961, NSPCB Archives

Scribner or DeGoosh Bridge, Johnson, Lamoille County, VT Built c1919
Bill Caswell Photo, April 25, 2009

Scribner or DeGoosh Bridge, Johnson, Lamoille County, VT Built c1919
Margaret Foster Photo, October 2, 1960, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
The truss of this bridge is unique in Vermont. It is a modified Queenpost which uses iron rods to support the bottom chords and floor beams instead of wooden posts. The truss is only 1/3 of the height of the walls suggesting that it may have originally been built as an open bridge and covered at a later time. In 1960 the bridge was reconstructed with steel beams supporting the roadway. The original stone abutments were replaced with concrete.

Sources:
Nelson, Joseph C.. Spanning Time - Vermont's Covered Bridges, 1997, pages 86-87
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 99
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 143

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