Lumber Mill Covered Bridge
Belvidere, VT
WGN Number: 45-08-06
Photo by Joe Nelson © 1997
The Lumber Mill Bridge spans a rocky bend in the North Branch of the Lamoille River. The foundations of the mill the bridge was named for can still be seen on the north bank, downstream of the bridge.
Both the Covered Spans of Yesteryear website ¹ and Ed Barna ² note that 4 steel beams and new concrete abutments were installed following a 1971 accident. The accident involved a snowplow breaking through the floor.
Ed Barna also notes that the portals do not match: there is a "rounded portal at one end" and a "squared portal at the other." ²
According to the Covered Spans of Yesteryear website "the original trusses were repaired in 1995". Circa 2001, the standing-seam roof was installed".
Footnotes:- Covered Spans of Yesteryear website
- Covered Bridges of Vermont (Barna, E. (1996) Covered Bridges of Vermont. Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press)
Lumber Mill Covered Bridge Vital Statistics
| Town: | Belvidere |
| Location: | Back Road |
| Crossing: | North Branch of the Lamoille River |
| Date: | 1895 |
| Builder: | Lewis Robinson |
| Truss Type: | Queenpost |
| Truss Length: | 71 feet |
| Other Names: | Lower |
| National Register of Historical Places Listing Date: | November 19, 1974 |
| Date Renovated: | 1995 |
| Renovation Contractor: | Paul Ide / Jan Lewandowski |
Credits: All pictures, information and descriptions are taken from Spanning Time Vermont's Covered Bridges by Joseph C. Nelson ©1997 and the World Guide to Covered Bridges - 2009 unless otherwise specified.
