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Irasville or Stoddard, Washington County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-12-04x
County: Washington County
Township: Waitsfield
Town/Village: Irasville
Bridge Name: Irasville or Stoddard
Crosses: Mad River
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 85'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1889
Builder:
When Lost: 1960
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N44 10.40
Longitude: W072 49.95
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Directions: East of VT100.

Irasville Bridge, Waitsfield, Washington County, VT Lost 1960
Richard E. Roy Collection

Comments:
Per the Vermont Watchman and State Journal (Montpelier), September 4, 1889, "Waitsfield. - The new covered bridge near Edwin House's is nearly finished, and will be ready for use as soon as the filling at the ends is done." Per The Burlington Free Press, July 20, 1904, "The frame to the new covered bridge across the river near George Ford's was raised last week, and is partially covered." The residents living near George Ford for the 1900 census suggest his location near the crossing south of Irasville.

Sources:
Clough, Philip & Betsy. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 1959, page 78
Vermont Watchman and State Journal (Montpelier), September 4, 1889.
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXXIX, No. 3, Summer 1981, page 14.

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