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Chamberlin Mill Covered Bridge

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The bridge's construction date is unknown. It was mentioned in a newspaper in 1881, at which time discussion was ongoing whether or not to cover it, suggesting it was originally built without a roof. The bridge is one of five surviving 19th-century covered bridges in Lyndon, all of which exhibit
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structure, 69 feet (21.0 m) long and 16 feet 6 inches (5.03 m) wide on the inside. It is covered by a metal gabled roof with very long eaves, and rests on stone abutments. Vertical boarding is applied to the lower third of its sides, and also to the portal ends. The portals
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project beyond the trusses, and their sheathing is flared at sides to reach the eaves. The trusses include iron suspension rods, and are joined at the top by lateral tie rods for stability. The bridge deck consists of wooden planking.
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The Chamberlin Mill Covered Bridge is located in a rural-residential area of south-central Lyndon, carrying Chamberlain Bridge Road, a north-south connector between York Street and South Wheelock Road west of
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chamberlin Mill Covered Bridge
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that carries Chamberlain Bridge Road across the South Wheelock Branch of the
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Wooden covered bridge with open sides and X-shaped beams
Coordinates
44°30′57″N 72°0′36″W / 44.51583°N 72.01000°W / 44.51583; -72.01000
Passumpsic River
Lyndon, Vermont
ID number
Queenpost truss
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
74000205
covered bridge
Passumpsic River
Lyndon, Vermont
National Register of Historic Places
United States Route 5
queenpost truss
A sixth bridge
Danville
National Register of Historic Places listings in Caledonia County, Vermont
List of Vermont covered bridges
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chamberlin Mill Covered Bridge



"NRHP nomination for Chamberlin Mill Covered Bridge"

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