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The Bridgewater Corners Bridge carries Vermont Route 100A across the
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in the Bridgewater Corners village of
Bridgewater, Vermont Bridgewater is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 903 at the 2020 census. Bridgewater contains the hamlets of Bridgewater Village, Bridgewater Corners, West Bridgewater, and Bridgewater Center (formerly called B ...
. It was built in 1928 by the
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, following devastating flooding. It is a single-span Pratt through truss structure, and was listed on the
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in 1992.


Description and history

The Bridgewater Corners Bridge stands just south of
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on Route 100A, and just east of the Long Trail Brewing Company plant. It is a single-span Pratt through truss, in length and in width, resting on rusticated poured concrete
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. It carries the road about above the river, and has a portal clearance of . The truss elements are of lighter weight than other bridges of the period, and its trusses are fastened by rivets. The deck is corrugated metal, supported by rolled I-beams. The state of Vermont was devastated by flooding in 1927, which destroyed a large number of bridges. This bridge was built the following year by the
American Bridge Company The American Bridge Company is a heavy/civil construction firm that specializes in building and renovating bridges and other large, complex structures. Founded in 1900, the company is headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsb ...
, and is based on a standardized design used for many of the bridges built in the period. It deviates from these in being shorter than typical for Pratt through trusses, and in its use of lighter-weight materials.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Windsor County, Vermont __NOTOC__ The National Register of Historic Places is a United States federal official list of places and sites considered worthy of preservation. In Windsor County, Vermont, there are 134 properties and districts listed on the National Registe ...
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List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Vermont. See also *List of covered bridges in Vermont *List of non-authentic covered bridges in Vermont References

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