Bridge 9 (Sheldon, Vermont)

	Bridge 9
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Shawville Rd., Sheldon, Vermont
Coordinates	44°54′42″N 72°58′22″W / 44.91167°N 72.97278°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1928
Built by	Lackawanna Steel Construction Co.
Architectural style	Parker through truss
MPS	Metal Truss, Masonry, and Concrete Bridges in Vermont MPS
NRHP reference No.	07001298
Added to NRHP	December 20, 2007

Bridge 9 is a historic Parker through truss bridge, carrying Shawville Road across the Missisquoi River in Sheldon, Vermont. Built in 1928 after Vermont's devastating 1927 floods, it is one of the few surviving Parker truss bridges on the Missisquoi. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Description and history

Bridge 9 is located just northeast of the village of Sheldon Springs, carrying Shawville Road over the Missisquoi River between that village and the rural hamlet of Shawville. It is a single-span Parker through truss structure, 250 feet (76 m) in length, resting on stone and concrete abutments. The bridge has nine truss panels, those at the center reaching a total height of 38 feet (12 m). The bridge is 18 feet 3 inches (5.56 m) wide, with a roadway width of 16 feet (4.9 m). The bridge deck is concrete laid on steel floor beams supported by steel stringers.^[2]

The bridge was built in 1928 to plans by the Lackawanna Steel Construction Company of Buffalo, New York, replacing an 1888 wrought iron suspension bridge. The site, just above Bancroft Falls on the river, has had a bridge of some type since the late 18th century. The bridge is of a type standardized by state engineers for bridges longer than 250 feet (76 m), during the post-flood construction period, in which more than 1,200 bridges were built.^[2]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b William Thrane and Robert McCullough (2007). "NRHP nomination for Bridge 9". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-10-12. with photos from 2007

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP-2] William Thrane and Robert McCullough (2007). "NRHP nomination for Bridge 9". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-10-12. with photos from 2007

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Vermont
Districts	Ballard Farm Central Vermont Railroad Headquarters Downtown Richford Historic District St. Albans Historic District
Buildings	Billado Block Sheldon Boright House Brigham Academy Community Baptist Church and Parsonage District No. 2 School District No. 8 School Enosburg Congregational Memorial Church Enosburg Opera House Evarts-McWilliams House Fairfield Street School First Congregational Church of Swanton Fletcher Union Church Georgia Plain Baptist Church Giroux Furniture Company Building Solomon Goodrich Homestead Hathaway's Tavern Houghton House Kemp-Shepard House Dr. B. J. Kendall Company L'Ecole Saintes-Anges Methodist Episcopal Church Montgomery House Ovitt Grist Mill Parish of the Holy Trinity Perley Block Moses P. Perley House Quincy Hotel Richford Primary School Richwood Estate Rockledge St. Albans Town Hall St. Ann's Episcopal Church St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church St. George's Catholic Church St. John's Episcopal Church Swanton School Sweat-Comings Company House U.S. Inspection Station-East Richford, Vermont U.S. Inspection Station-Richford, Vermont U.S. Inspection Station-West Berkshire, Vermont United States Post Office and Custom House Warner Home West Berkshire School F.W. Wheeler House Willard Manufacturing Company Building
Structures	Bridge 9 Bridge 12 Bridge Number VT105-10 Comstock Covered Bridge Douglas & Jarvis Patent Parabolic Truss Iron Bridge East Fairfield Covered Bridge Fairfax Covered Bridge Fuller Covered Bridge Hectorville Covered Bridge Hopkins Covered Bridge Hutchins Covered Bridge Longley Covered Bridge Missisquoi River Bridge Swanton Covered Railroad Bridge West Hill Covered Bridge
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont

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