Maple Street Covered Bridge

Maple Street Covered Bridge
Bridge in U.S. state of Vermont
Carries	Automobile
Crosses	Mill Brook
Locale	Fairfax, Vermont
Maintained by	Town of Fairfax
ID number	VT-06-02
Characteristics
Design	Covered, Town lattice
Material	Wood
Total length	56.8 ft (17.31 m)
Width	17.3 ft (5.27 m)
Number of spans	1
Load limit	4 tons
Clearance above	9.5 ft (2.90 m)
History
Constructed by	Kingsbury and Stone
Construction end	1865
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	44°40′06″N 73°00′27″W / 44.66833°N 73.00750°WCoordinates: 44°40′06″N 73°00′27″W / 44.66833°N 73.00750°W
Area	1 acre (0.4 ha)
NRHP Reference #	74000215[1]
Added to NRHP	November 5, 1974

The Maple Street Covered Bridge, also called the Lower Covered Bridge,^[2] is a covered bridge that crosses Mill Brook off State Route 104 in Fairfax, Vermont. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.<ref name=mris/

The bridge is of Town lattice design, built by Kingsbury and Stone.

Recent history

A major renovation was conducted in 1990-1991 by Jan Lewandoski. Debate is conducted to this day as to whether the bridge is now "backwards". When it was washed off its foundations by the Flood of 1927 it is unknown whether the bridge was put back on in the same direction as it was originally. Some say the eastern portal now faces west, and vice versa.^[3]

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lower Covered Bridge
3. Barna, Ed. Covered Bridges of Vermont. The Countryman Press, 1996. ISBN 0-88150-373-8