Pulp Mill Bridge Damaged
WGN 45-01-04
Updated November 4, 2020
October 30, 2020: Anita Larkin Ford has passed along this article from The Sun Community News website. The Pulp Mill Covered Bridge was damaged in a single car accident on Saturday morning October 22nd.
Vermont State Police, Middlebury police, Middlebury EMS, and the Middlebury Fire Department responded to a truck accident. The the driver was going southbound on Morgan Horse Farm Raod when he struck the northbound guard rail and then the "center dividing structure" of the bridge.
The driver was taken to the hospital and released. However, he was arrested for several violations. There is no mention of the extent of the damage to the bridge or the truck in the article.
These pictures of the bridge damage were taken by Edwin Loveland on Sunday:
Photo by Edwin Loveland
Photo by Edwin Loveland
Read the full account from the The Sun here: Motorist damages historic covered bridge
The Pulp Mill Covered Bridge was built around 1820 as a double barrel Multiple King with Burr Arch truss. It measures 199 feet in length as it crosses the Otter Creek on Pulp Mill Bridge Road.
Editor's note: Thanks to Anita Larkin Ford for bringing this to our attention in the Vermont's Covered Bridges Facebook group. Thanks also to Edwin Loveland for the pictures of the damage.
