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Baltimore (relocated), Windsor County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-14-03
County: Windsor County
Township: Springfield
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Baltimore (relocated)
Crosses: drainage ditch
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 45'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1870 (M1970)
Builder: Granville Leland and Denis Allen
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N43 16.218
Longitude: W072 26.895
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Directions: 0.9 miles west of jct I-91 (Exit 7) on US5/VT11 (stay on VT11 when US5 goes south) to Eureka Schoolhouse Park and bridge on right side of road.

Baltimore Bridge, Springfield, Windsor County, VT, during relocation
Richard E. Roy Collection

Baltimore Bridge, Springfield, Windsor County, VT Built 1870 (original location)
Richard E. Roy Collection

Baltimore Bridge (relocated location), Springfield, Windsor County, VT Built 1870 (M1970)
Bill Caswell Photo, March 16, 2010

Baltimore Bridge (relocated location), Springfield, Windsor County, VT Built 1870 (M1970)
Bill Caswell Photo, June 15, 2020

Comments:
Per the Springfield Reporter, December 21, 1934, "Larger Number Working on Federal Jobs; Old Covered Bridge at No. Springfield Razed --- SPRINGFIELD— With the razing last week of the old covered bridge at the northerly approach to the village of North Springfield the last bridge of its type on the state highway system in this district disappeared a victim to progress and the age of cement and steel. The neighboring structure [VT/45-14-03] which crosses No 10. Brook at the intersection of the County road and the North Springfield-Gassetts highway is the only covered bridge remaining in the Town of Springfield." In 1967, the Baltimore Bridge was declared unsafe. A committee headed by former US Senator Ralf Flanders was formed to move the bridge seven miles to a park beside the Eureka Schoolhouse. Milton Graton moved the bridge and restored it.

Sources:
Springfield Reporter, December 21, 1934.
Nelson, Joseph C.. Spanning Time - Vermont's Covered Bridges, 1997, pages 171-172
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXXIX, No. 3, Summer 1981, page 14.
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 62
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 152

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