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Inventory Number: VT/45-13-11x
County: Windham County
Township: Rockingham
Town/Village: Bartonsville
Bridge Name: Bartonsville
Crosses: Williams River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 151'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1870
Builder: Sanford Granger
When Lost: 28 Aug 2011
Cause: Flood
Latitude: N43 13.44
Longitude: W072 32.22
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Directions: 4.0 miles southeast of jct VT11 and Chester on VT103, then 0.2 miles left on Lower Bartonsville Rd. South edge of Bartonsville.

Bartonsville Bridge, Rockingham, Windham County, VT Built 1870, washed away August 28, 2011 by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Irene
Bill Caswell Photo


Bartonsville Bridge, Rockingham, Windham County, VT Built 1870, washed away August 28, 2011 by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Irene
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Bartonsville Bridge, Rockingham, Windham County, VT Built 1870, washed away August 28, 2011 by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Irene
Bill Caswell Photo, March 16, 2010


Bartonsville Bridge, Rockingham, Windham County, VT Built 1870, washed away August 28, 2011 by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Irene
Bill Caswell Photo, March 16, 2010

Comments:
The bridge cost $4,241 to construct. It was built to replace the original crossing at Bartonsville that was north of the village (the river changed course in the flood of October 1869). That flood destroyed two covered bridges, the railroad station, and several houses in Rockingham. The bridge includes steel rods under the roadway to increase lateral strength and distribution beams tie-bolted under the deck. The Bartonsville bridge was washed downstream by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Irene on August 28, 2011.
Sources:
Allen, Richard S. & Morse Victor. Windham County's Famous Covered Bridges, 1960, page 22
Nelson, Joseph C.. Spanning Time - Vermont's Covered Bridges, 1997, page 177
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. New England's Covered Bridges, 2004, Pages 291-292
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2009, page 151

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