Bartonsville Covered Bridge - Replacement
Rockingham, VT
WGN Number: 45-13-11#2
Photo by Steve Brown© 2019
The slogan for replacing the Bartonsville bridge was "We can rebuild history". Seventeen months after the original Bartonsville Covered bridge was destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene, the New Bartonsville Covered Bridge was opened.
The new Opening Day celebration took place on January 26, 2013. The event was attended by then Governor Peter Shumlin, Representative Peter Welch, and around 200 people. Local resident Susan Hammond, famous for her video of the loss of the original bridge, was the first person to drive through the new bridge. Susan was also instrumental in fund raising for the new bridge.
According to an article in the Brattleboro Reformer, engineering was done by Clough Harbour & Associates and the bridge construction was done by Cold River Bridges of Walpole, New Hampshire. Here is the full newspaper article: Bartonsville Bridge opens.
Click here to see a pictorial of the event by Bill Caswell: Bartonsville Covered Bridge Opening Day.
Click here for a pictorial presentation of the bridge building process by Ray Hitchcock and others: Bartonsville Covered Bridge Opening Ceremony.
Bartonsville Covered Bridge - Replacement Vital Statistics
| Town: | Rockingham |
| Location: | Lower Bartonsville Road |
| Crossing: | Williams River |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Builder: | Cold River Bridges |
| Truss Type: | Town lattice |
| Truss Length: | 168 feet |
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.
