Gorham Covered Bridge - Original
Pittsford/Proctor, VT
WGN Number: 45-11-04x
Photo by Joe Nelson © 1997
The Gorham Bridge spans a deceptively placid Otter Creek on a beautiful late fall day. It's construction sparked controversy among bridge and tax-weary town residents. This is one of the bridges Nichols Powers learned on. He was only twenty-four years old when he worked on it with Abe Owen.
The Covered Spans of Yesteryear website adds some additional historical information: "(The bridge) was washed off its abutments in the flood of 1927 but was in good enough condition to be hauled out of the water in 1928 and repaired. Major repairs were made in 1956 and again in 1979, but with the exception of two distribution beams tie-bolted under the deck timber, the bridge remained structurally the same as when built. The bridge was closed to traffic and removed from the creek to be renovated. The renovations were completed in 2004."
Gorham Covered Bridge - Original Vital Statistics
| Town: | Pittsford-Proctor |
| Location: | Gorham Bridge Road |
| Crossing: | Otter Creek |
| Date: | 1842 |
| Builder: | Abe Owen/Nicholas Powers |
| Truss Type: | Town lattice |
| Truss Length: | 115 feet |
| Other Names: | Goodnough |
| National Register of Historical Places Listing Date: | February 12, 1974 |
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.
