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Quinlan or Lower or Sherman, Chittenden County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-04-03
County: Chittenden County
Township: Charlotte
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Quinlan or Lower or Sherman
Crosses: Lewis Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 86'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1849
Builder: Alanson Edgerton
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N44 16.579
Longitude: W073 11.030
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 0.3 miles east of US7 on Old Hollow Rd. (just west of Coleman Corner), then 0.5 miles left on Mt. Philo Rd., then 2.1 miles right at Y on Spear St. and straight ahead on Monkton Rd. South of East Charlotte.

Quinlan or Lower Bridge, Charlotte, Chittenden County, VT Built 1849
Bill Caswell Photo (1987)

Quinlan or Lower Bridge, Charlotte, Chittenden County, VT Built 1849
Bill Caswell Photo, September 26, 2009

Quinlan or Lower or Sherman Bridge, Charlotte, Chittenden County, VT Built 1849
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
10-panel truss. Per The Enterprise and Vermonter (Vergennes), April 1, 1915, "OLD BRIDGE. - Spans Lewis Creek and Was Erected 66 Years Ago. The old covered bridge in the south part of the town of Charlotte near Ferrisburg town line that spans Lewis creek is undergoing repairs. The bridge known by the older inhabitants as Sherman bridge, for the reason that George Sherman, grandfather of the late Hon. Henry C. Leavenworth of Charlotte, owned a farm and resided for many years near its southern extremity. The frame work of the bridge is apparently as strong and substantial as when erected 66 years ago. It is the longest bridge in town, being about 60 feet in length, and the oldest, having been built in the summer of 1849 by the late Alanson Edgerton, of Charlotte, who also built the other five covered bridges in town, the last one being constructed in 1881." The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Steel floor girders were added in 1985 to strengthen the bridge for school buses weighing 17 tons and infrequent fire trucks at 24 tons. In 2013, Wright Construction replaced the steel beams supporting the structure, replaced some rotted wood at the ends of the arches, added new knee braces and replaced the roof.

Sources:
The Enterprise and Vermonter (Vergennes), April 1, 1915.
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 140

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