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Miller's Run or Bradley, Caledonia County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-03-06x
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: 1881
Builder: E.H. Stone
When Lost: 1995
Cause: Rebuilt
Latitude: N44 32.53
Longitude: W072 00.59
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Directions: 1.0 miles northeast of jct US5 on VT122. and just left. North of Lyndon Center.

Miller's Run or Bradley Bridge, Lyndon, Caledonia County, VT Built 1878 or 1872 Rebuilt 1995
Richard E. Roy Collection

Miller's Run or Bradley Bridge, Lyndon, Caledonia County, VT Built 1878 or 1872 Rebuilt 1995
April 5, 1992 Photo, Joe Nelson Collection

Miller's Run or Bradley Bridge, Lyndon, Caledonia County, VT Built 1878 or 1872 Rebuilt 1995
Richard Sanders Allen Collection, NSPCB Archives

Miller's Run or Bradley Bridge, Lyndon, Caledonia County, VT Built 1878 or 1872 Rebuilt 1995
Todd Clark Collection

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:
The St. Johnsbury Index, July 29, 1881.
Barna, Ed. Covered Bridges of Vermont, 1996, Pages 202-203
Nelson, Joseph C.. Spanning Time - Vermont's Covered Bridges, 1997, Pages 107-108

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