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Third or Upper Cox Brook, Washington County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-12-11
County: Washington County
Township: Northfield
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Third or Upper Cox Brook
Crosses: Cox Brook
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 52'
Roadway Width:
Built: c1872
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N44 10.424
Longitude: W072 39.333
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Directions: 0.3 miles west of VT12 and main intersection in Northfield Falls on Cox Brook Rd.

Third or Upper Cox Brook Bridge, Northfield, Washington County, VT Built c1872
Bill Caswell Photo, October 2007

Third or Upper Cox Brook Bridge, Northfield, Washington County, VT Built c1872
Bill Caswell Photo, May 11, 1985

Third or Upper Cox Brook Bridge, Northfield, Washington County, VT Built c1872
Richard E. Roy Collection

Third or Upper Cox Brook Bridge, Northfield, Washington County, VT Built c1872
Bob Sheldon Photo, September 10, 2011

Comments:
The upper chord of the Queenpost truss is only half the height of the sides and this might ordinarily suggest the span was once open and the roof added later. However, the Queenposts themselves are full height. Because the bridge does not cross Cox Brook squarely, the whole structure is skewed. Four steel beams were placed beneath the floor members in 1966 to provide additional deck support. In 1978 its siding was repaired and it was painted barn red on the exterior and the interior. Circa 2002 a few roof boards and a new standing-seam steel roof was installed. All three Cox Brook Road bridges are painted barn red. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 1974.

Source:
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 149

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