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Hall or Osgood, Windham County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-13-07x
County: Windham County
Township: Rockingham
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Hall or Osgood
Crosses: Saxtons River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 122'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1867 or 1871
Builder: Sanford Granger
When Lost: 02 Oct 1980
Cause: Collapsed
Latitude: N43 08.27
Longitude: W072 29.26
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Directions: 3.2 miles west-northwest of jct US5 on VT121, then just right on Paradise Hill Rd. East of Saxton.

Hall Bridge, Rockingham, Windham County, VT Built 1870 Lost 3 Oct 1980
Richard E. Roy Collection

Hall Bridge, Rockingham, Windham County, VT Built 1867 or 1871 Collapsed 2 Oct 1980
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
"Windham County's Famous Covered Bridges" lists this bridge as a Town lattice structure built in 1867. A truck owned by Roger Farnsworth Construction Co. of Westminster Station loaded with stone, weighing 30 tons sent the Hall's Bridge crashing into the Saxtons River. The bridge was posted for 10 tons. The driver miraculously escaped injury as he jumped through the window of the cab of the truck and ran up the other side of the bridge a few seconds before the midsection splintered and gave way. A new covered bridge was built at this location by Milton Graton in 1982.

Sources:
Lane, Oscar F.. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 1972, page 80
Allen, Richard S. & Morse Victor. Windham County's Famous Covered Bridges, 1960, pages 24-25
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. New England's Covered Bridges, 2004, Pages 296-297

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