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The Moxley Covered Bridge is a historic
covered bridge A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
carrying Moxley Road across the First Branch White River in southern
Chelsea, Vermont Chelsea is a town in and the shire town (county seat) of Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,233 at the 2020 census. Geography Chelsea is located in a river valley in central Vermont. The First Branch of the White R ...
. Built in 1886-87, it is the town's only surviving 19th-century covered bridge. It was listed on the
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in 1974.


Description and history

The Moxley Covered Bridge stands in southern Chelsea, about south of the village center, on Moxley Road a short way east of
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. It is a single span multiple kingpost truss structure, resting on abutments of dry laid stone and concrete facing. The southern
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is set on a prominent rock outcrop. The bridge is covered by a metal roof, and its exterior is finished in vertical board siding, which extends a short way to the interior of the portals. The trusses include wrought iron rods, and are set at an offset to one another, giving the bridge the shape of a
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. A laminated beam has been bolted to the underside of the floor planking to provide additional strength. The bridge is long and wide, with a roadway width of (one lane). with The bridge was built c. 1886-87. It is Chelsea's only 19th-century covered bridge, and is one of a concentrated group (most in neighboring
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) of such bridges in the state.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, Vermont __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, Vermont. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, Vermo ...
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List of covered bridges in Vermont Below is a list of covered bridges in Vermont. There are just over 100 authentic covered bridges in the U.S. state of Vermont, giving the state both the highest number of covered bridges per square mile and per capita in the United States, as we ...
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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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