Shoreham Railroad Bridge, Former Addison County Railroad (later, Rutland Railroad, Addison Branch), spanning Lemon Fair River above Richville Pond, west of East Shoreham Road, Shoreham, Addison County, VT
Summary
Significance: The Shoreham Railroad Bridge is a well-preserved example of a covered wood Howe truss, the first bridge type to use metal for primary structural members. It is one of eight surviving covered wood railroad bridges in the United States.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N985
Survey number: HAER VT-32
Building/structure dates: 1897 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1983
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Tags
covered bridges
transportation
railroad bridges
howe trusses
addison county
shoreham
railroad
bridge
shoreham railroad bridge
former
addison
former addison county railroad
rutland
rutland railroad
addison branch
lemon
fair
lemon fair river
richville
pond
richville pond
east shoreham road
vermont
addison county railroad
federal highway administration
historic american engineering record
wiliam howe
christopher marston
rutland railroad company
vermont structures inc
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Rutland Railroad Company
Howe, Wiliam
Addison County Railroad
Vermont Structures Inc.
Marston, Christopher, project manager
Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
Location
addison county
,
43.86316, -73.21133
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html