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Flint, Orange County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-09-11
County: Orange County
Township: Tunbridge
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Flint
Crosses: First Branch, White River
Truss type: Queen & King
Spans: 1
Length: 87'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1874
Builder: Ira Mudgett
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N43 56.960
Longitude: W072 27.516
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Directions: 3.1 miles south of jct VT113 and Chelsea, then 0.1 miles left on Bicknell Hill Rd. Just south of Chelsea/Tunbridge Town line.

Flint Bridge, Tunbridge, Orange County, VT Built 1874
Bill Caswell Photo, June 1985

Flint Bridge, Tunbridge, Orange County, VT Built 1845
Richard E. Roy Collection (1955)

Flint Bridge, Tunbridge, Orange County, VT Built 1874
Bill Caswell Photo, June 24, 2007

Flint Bridge, Tunbridge, Orange County, VT Built 1874
Bob Sheldon Photo, October 8, 2010

Flint Bridge, Tunbridge, Orange County, VT Built 1874
Bill Caswell Photo, June 24, 2007

Flint Bridge, Tunbridge, Orange County, VT Built 1874
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
The portal has the 1874 date on it. Other references list the construction date as 1845. By the 1960s, the bridge was in need of repair. Milton Graton was asked to do the work. Mr. Graton noted that during a visit to the bridge with two engineers and a Town selectman, a milk truck passed over causing the structure to sag several inches. It was closed that day. During the 1969 restoration, the bridge was raised two feet by pouring concrete caps on top of the dry-laid stone abutments. This improved drainage around the bridge. Camber was restored from a negative 5" to positive 8". Graton was able to keep the original lower chords by removing rotted wood under the brace end and splicing in new blocks of material. New siding was added as well. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1974.

Sources:
Graton, Milton S.. Last of the Covered Bridge Builders, 1978, Pages 113-114
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 146

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