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Upper Falls or Downer's, Windsor County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-14-08
County: Windsor County
Township: Weathersfield
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Upper Falls or Downer's
Crosses: Black River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 120'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1851
Builder: James F. Tasker
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N43 23.909
Longitude: W072 31.329
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Directions: 0.3 miles west of jct VT106 on VT131, then 0.1 miles left on Upper Falls Rd. Southwest of Amsden.

Upper Falls or Downer's Bridge, Weathersfield, Windsor County, VT Built 1840
Bill Caswell Photo, September 25, 2010

Upper Falls or Downer's Bridge, Weathersfield, Windsor County, VT Built 1840
Richard E. Roy Collection

Upper Falls or Downer's Bridge, Weathersfield, Windsor County, VT Built c1840
Bill Caswell Photo, January 26, 2009

Upper Falls or Downer's Bridge, Weathersfield, Windsor County, VT Built 1840
Jenn Caswell Photo, May 30, 2016

Comments:
This bridge was originally constructed with four auxiliary bracing buttresses. Those may have been removed during restoration by Milton Graton in 1975.

Sources:
Nelson, Joseph C.. Spanning Time - Vermont's Covered Bridges, 1997, pages 169-170
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 152