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Benedict's Crossing, Bennington County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-02-P01x
County: Bennington County
Township: Arlington
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Benedict's Crossing
Crosses: Batten Kill
Truss type:
Spans: 1
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built:
Builder:
When Lost: 1940s
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N43 05.38
Longitude: W073 11.96
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: East of West Arlington and about 2 miles west of Arlington on a side road off of VT 313.

Benedict's Crossing Bridge, Arlington-West Arlington, Bennington County, VT
Richard Sanders Allen Collection, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
This bridge was replaced in the 1940s. Due to wartime steel restrictions, the replacement bridge was built of wood.

Sources:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LVII, No. 2, Spring 1999, page 6
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 15

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