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Cambridgeport, Windham County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-13-33x
County: Windham County
Township: Grafton
Town/Village: Cambridgeport
Bridge Name: Cambridgeport
Crosses: Saxtons River
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built: 1869
Builder:
When Lost: Jun 1941
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N43 09.09
Longitude: W072 33.65
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Directions: On VT121 near the Rockingham town line.

Cambridgeport Bridge, Grafton, Windham County, VT Built 1869 Lost 1941
Richard E. Roy Collection

Comments:
Built after the great flood of 1869 that took out every bridge in Grafton. Per the Springfield Reporter, August 1, 1941, "CAMBRIDGEPORT Work on the new bridge is well under way. The covered bridge has been taken down and the power shovel is making place for new abutments." It was replaced with a concrete structure.

Sources:
Springfield Reporter, August 1, 1941.
Allen, Richard S. & Morse Victor. Windham County's Famous Covered Bridges, 1960, page 13
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 57

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