Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge
Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge | |
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Bridge in U.S. state of Vermont | |
Carries | Automobile |
Crosses | Cox Brook |
Locale | Northfield, Vermont |
Maintained by | Town of Northfield |
ID number | VT-12-10 |
Characteristics | |
Design | Covered, Queen post |
Material | Wood |
Total length | 56.75 ft (17.30 m) |
Width | 15.5 ft (4.72 m) |
Number of spans | 1 |
Clearance above | 12 ft (3.66 m) |
History | |
Constructed by | unknown |
Construction end |
1872 |
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Coordinates | 44°10′22″N 72°39′09″W / 44.17278°N 72.65250°WCoordinates: 44°10′22″N 72°39′09″W / 44.17278°N 72.65250°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.4 ha) |
NRHP Reference # | 74000262[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 15, 1974 |
The Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses Cox Brook in Northfield, Vermont on Cox Brook Road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
The bridge is of Queen post truss design. This locality is the only place in Vermont where one can see a covered bridge over one stream from another one (the Northfield Falls Covered Bridge) over a different stream. However, there are also two covered bridges located in succession over two channels of the Ottauquechee River in North Hartland, Vermont.
Recent history
Like the other bridges in this locality the deck has been reinforced by I beams, sometime in the 1960s.[2]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Evans, Benjamin and June. New England's Covered Bridges. University Press of New England, 2004. ISBN 1-58465-320-5
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