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Upper or Seguin or Brown's, Chittenden County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-04-02
County: Chittenden County
Township: Charlotte
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Upper or Seguin or Brown's
Crosses: Lewis Creek
Truss type: Modified Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 71'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1850
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N44 17.339
Longitude: W073 09.008
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 3.0 miles south of jct VT2A on VT116, then 1.4 miles right on Charlotte Rd., then 2.1 miles straight ahead on Baldwin Rd., then 0.9 miles right on Drinkwater Rd. (becomes Prindle Rd.) and 0.2 miles left on Roscoe Rd. Southeast of Charlotte.

Upper or Seguin or Brown's Bridge, Charlotte, Chittenden County, VT Built 1850
Bill Caswell Photo (1987)

Upper or Seguin or Brown's Bridge, Charlotte, Chittenden County, VT Built 1850
Bill Caswell Photo, September 26, 2009

Upper or Seguin or Brown's Bridge, Charlotte, Chittenden County, VT Built 1850
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
The area where the bridge is located was once the bottom of the Ancient Champlain Sea. The structure rests on one abutment of stone and mortar capped with concrete and the other poured concrete. It also has unusual lateral roof bracing. Extensive repairs were made in 1949 which included two steel beams being installed under the existing floor system. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 1974. Although a plaque on the bridge uses the spelling Seguin, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Sequin Covered Bridge.

Source:
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 140

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