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Inventory Number: VT/45-13-50x
County: Windham County
Township: Brookline - Newfane
Town/Village:
Bridge Name:
Crosses: West River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 160'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1842
Builder:
When Lost: Nov 1927
Cause:
Latitude: N42 59.74
Longitude: W072 38.27
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Brookline-Newfane, Windham County, VT Built 1842 Lost 1927
Richard E. Roy Collection

Brookline-Newfane, Windham County, VT Built 1842 Lost 1927
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
Maintenance costs were shared by Brookline, Newfane, Westminster and Putney. The Brattleboro Reformer of November 4, 1927 noted that the bridge had been carried away.

Sources:
The Brattleboro Reformer, November 4, 1927.
Allen, Richard S. & Morse Victor. Windham County's Famous Covered Bridges, 1960, page 9

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