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Taylor Street or Depot, Washington County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-12-43x
County: Washington County
Township: Montpelier
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Taylor Street or Depot
Crosses: Winooski River
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built:
Builder:
When Lost: Nov 1927
Cause: Flood
Latitude: N44 15.58
Longitude: W072 34.82
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: Taylor St. in Montpelier.

Taylor Street or Depot Bridge, Montpelier, Washington County, VT Flood Nov 1927
Richard Sanders Allen Collection, NSPCB Archives

Taylor Street or Depot Bridge, Montpelier, Washington County, VT Flood Nov 1927
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
This one-lane bridge was the primary access to the Montpelier Railroad station. According to the January 1905 Sanborn Maps for Montpelier, VT-12-43, VT-12-53, VT-12-54 and VT-12-55 were still wooden covered bridges. According to the March 1915 Sanborn Maps for Montpelier, VT-12-43 and VT-12-54 were still wooden covered bridges. Per The Bethel Courier, November 17, 1927, "Taylor street bridge back of Montpelier Tavern went down onto the Central Vermont railroad bridge below the station, knocking it off its foundation." It was washed downstream and ended up in the National Life Athletic Field. A through-truss steel bridge was built at this location by the Berlin Construction Company of Berlin, CT, in 1929.

Sources:
Montpelier, Vermont, March 1915, Sanborn Map Company, New York.
Montpelier, Vermont, January 1905, Sanborn Map Company, New York.
The Bethel Courier, November 17, 1927.
NSPCB Archives, Richard Sanders Allen Collection, Paper Files, Vermont Lists & Maps, Folder 1
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XLVIII, No. 1, Winter 1990, page 4

Compilation 2026 Covered Spans of Yesteryear

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