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
Tags
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
Copyright info
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