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Lake Shore or Holmes Creek, Chittenden County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-04-01
County: Chittenden County
Township: Charlotte
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Lake Shore or Holmes Creek
Crosses: Holmes Creek
Truss type: King & Tied Arch
Spans: 1
Length: 41'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1870
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N44 19.983
Longitude: W073 16.939
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Directions: 1.3 miles west of jct US7 on Ferry Rd. through Charlotte and 1.8 miles right on Lake Rd.

Lake Shore or Holmes Bridge, Charlotte, Chittenden County, VT Built 1870
Bill Caswell Photo (1987)

Lake Shore or Holmes Bridge, Charlotte, Chittenden County, VT Built 1870
Bob Sheldon Photo, October 2, 2010

Lake Shore or Holmes Bridge, Charlotte, Chittenden County, VT Built 1870
Bill Caswell Photo, September 26, 2009

Lake Shore or Holmes Creek Bridge, Charlotte, Chittenden County, VT Built 1870
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
4-panel truss. This is one of three surviving tied arch bridges in Vermont. Extensive repairs were made in 1993 by Graton Associates. It is at the lowest elevation of all of the covered bridges in Vermont and also one of Vermont's shortest covered bridges. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 1974.

Sources:
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 41
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 140

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