Bridge Number VT105-10

The story

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Bridge Number VT105-10 is a structure carrying VT 105 near Sheldon, in Franklin County, listed in the National Register in 2018. It is a four-span continuous steel girder bridge, built in 1947 and 1948. Marston Construction Company was the builder, and the Vermont State Highway Board is named as engineer.

Why it's listed

It was listed under criteria A and C, with local significance in engineering and transportation. Its period of significance runs from 1944 to 1948, reflecting construction in 1947 and 1948.

Physical character

The 605-foot bridge has four continuous steel deck girder spans, a concrete foundation, and concrete elsewhere. Its piers are solid and battered, with rounded ends and recessed center panels, and the girders rest on a floorbeam system with knee braces in a cyma reversa curve and a parabolic haunch. The bridge was rehabilitated in 1980.

Historical context

An iron bridge built at the site in 1887 was washed out in a 1927 flood and replaced that year with a steel girder bridge. A first continuous girder bridge went up in 1939, followed by a second in 1940. A statewide bridge replacement program began in 1944; after bids were rejected in 1946, Marston Construction Company won a $215,924 contract to build it.