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Howe, Orange County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-09-07
County: Orange County
Township: Tunbridge
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Howe
Crosses: First Branch, White River
Truss type: Multiple King
Spans: 1
Length: 75'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1879
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N43 51.893
Longitude: W072 29.939
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Directions: 1.0 miles north of Windsor County line on VT110, then just right on Belknap Brook Rd.

Howe Bridge, Tunbridge, Orange County, VT Built 1879
Bill Caswell Photo, June 1985

Howe Bridge, Tunbridge, Orange County, VT Built 1879
Richard E. Roy Collection

Howe Bridge, Tunbridge, Orange County, VT Built 1879
Bob Sheldon Photo, October 8, 2010

Howe Bridge, Tunbridge, Orange County, VT Built 1879
Bill Caswell Photo, June 21, 2014

Howe Bridge, Tunbridge, Orange County, VT Built 1879
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
This is a private bridge owned by the Howe family, which owns the adjacent farm, and decorates the bridge with flowers in the summer. In 1994 repairs were made including the deck and floor beam replacement. In 2002 the bridges roof was replaced with a standing-seam steel roof which included replacing the roof boards and the unusual roof knee brace, which extend above the roof beams to the top of the opposing knee brace for improved lateral stability. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1974.

Sources:
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 78
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 146