Hall Covered Bridge
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Hall Covered Bridge
| nrhp_type =
| image = Hall Covered Bridge.jpg
| caption =
| location = Hall Bridge Road, Rockingham, Vermont
| coordinates = {{coord|43|8|12|N|72|29|16|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Vermont#USA
| built = {{Start date|1982}}
| builder = Granger, Sanford
| architecture = Town lattice truss
| added = August 28, 1973
| area = {{convert|1|acre}}
| refnum = 73000204{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
The Hall Covered Bridge, located in southern Rockingham, Vermont, carries Hall Bridge Road across the Saxtons River, just north of its junction with Vermont Route 121. It is a Town lattice truss bridge, built in 1982 as a replica of a circa-1867 bridge that was destroyed by an overweight truck in 1980. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Description and history
The Hall Covered Bridge is located in a rural area of southern Rockingham, west of the village of Bellows Falls, spanning the Saxtons River about {{convert|1.2|mi|km}} east of the village of Saxtons River. It is a single-span lattice truss bridge, based on the patent of architect Ithiel Town, and rests on stone abutments. Its sides are clad in vertical board siding, with three diamond-shaped window openings, and it is topped by a gabled metal roof.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=73000204}}|title=NRHP nomination for Hall Covered Bridge|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2015-12-04}}
The original bridge was built in 1867 by Sanford Granger, a local master bridge builder. It was, at the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, one of three surviving 19th-century covered bridges in the town (out of 17 documented to exist). The bridge was destroyed by an overweight truck in 1980, and a replica was built in 1982 by Milton S. Graton, whose penchant for authenticity extended to the use of oxen to move the finished bridge into place.{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualvermont.com/coveredbridges/hall.html|title=Hall Covered Bridge|publisher=Virtual Vermont|accessdate=2015-12-04}}
See also
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External links
{{Commons category|Hall Covered Bridge}}
- {{HAER |survey=VT-40 |id=vt0166 |title=Hall Bridge, Spanning Saxtons River at Paradise Hill Road, Rockingham, Windham County, VT |photos=12 |dwgs=6 |data=24 |cap=1}}
{{NRHP in Windham County, Vermont}}
Category:Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
Category:Bridges completed in 1867
Category:Covered bridges in Windham County, Vermont
Category:Historic American Engineering Record in Vermont
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Windham County, Vermont
Category:Bridges completed in 1982
Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1980
Category:Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
Category:Wooden bridges in Vermont
Category:Lattice truss bridges in the United States
Category:Buildings and structures in Rockingham, Vermont
Category:1867 establishments in Vermont