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A. M. Foster, Washington County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-12-75
County: Washington County
Township: Cabot
Town/Village: Cabot Plains
Bridge Name: A. M. Foster
Crosses: pond
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 40'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1988
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N44 25.408
Longitude: W072 16.102
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.4 miles west of jct VT15 on US2, then 2.1 miles right on West Shore Rd., then 1.6 miles left on left side of Cabot Plains Rd. (Note that Cabot Plains Rd. makes two right turns).

A. M. Foster Bridge, Cabot, Washington County, VT Built 1988
Bob Sheldon Photo, September 10, 2011

A. M. Foster Bridge, Cabot, Washington County, VT Built 1988
Bill Caswell Photo, September 8, 2013

Comments:
The bridge is a reproduction of the Martin Covered Bridge (VT/45-12-06), and was built in 1988-89 by its owner, Richard Walbridge Spaulding of Cabot Plains, Vermont and relatives Douglas Blondine, and Frank Foster of Walden, Vermont. Frank Foster owned the mill where the timbers were sawed. He also made the iron straps holding the bridge's deck to its Queenpost trusses. The bridge was named in the memory of Spaulding's great-grandfather Alanso Merrill Foster.

Source:
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 150

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