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Sanderson, Rutland County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-11-02#2
County: Rutland County
Township: Brandon
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Sanderson
Crosses: Otter Creek
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 132'
Roadway Width:
Built: 2003
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N43 47.375
Longitude: W073 06.703
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Directions: 1.2 miles southwest of jct US7/VT73 on Pearl St.

Sanderson Bridge, Brandon, Rutland County, VT Built 2003
Bill Caswell Photo, April 2008

Sanderson Bridge, Brandon, Rutland County, VT Built 2003
Bill Caswell Photo, September 7, 2013

Comments:
The earlier covered bridge at this location was closed to traffic in 1987. Construction on the new bridge began on August 19, 2002 with the dismantling of original Sanderson Bridge. The project was completed July 31, 2003, at a cost of $830,000.00. The new bridge contains a few truss lattice members, chord members and roof beams salvaged from the original structure. It was named for the Sanderson family, who has owned the adjacent homestead since 1825. The original bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 1974.

Sources:
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 31
Donovan, Richard. World Guide Notebooks
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 147

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