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Hall or Osgood, Windham County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-13-07#2
County: Windham County
Township: Rockingham
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Hall or Osgood
Crosses: Saxtons River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 121'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1982
Builder: Milton Graton and Sons
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N43 08.247
Longitude: W072 29.233
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Directions: 3.2 miles west-northwest of jct US5 on VT121, then just right on Paradise Hill Rd. East of Saxton.

Hall or Osgood Bridge, Rockingham, Windham County, VT Built 1982
Bill Caswell Photo, April 27, 1985

Hall Bridge, Rockingham, Windham County, VT Built 1982
Richard E. Roy Collection

Hall or Osgood Bridge, Rockingham, Windham County, VT Built 1982
Bill Caswell Photo, March 16, 2010

Comments:
On October 3, 1980 the previous bridge at this location collapsed under the weight of an overweight truck. The driver, hearing the bridge cracking, stopped the vehicle and ran off the bridge. A new covered bridge was built at this location by Milton Graton in 1982.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. New England's Covered Bridges, 2004, Pages 296-297
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 151