Chiselville Covered Bridge

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The Chiselville Covered Bridge is a covered bridge over the Roaring Branch of the Batten Kill in Sunderland, Vermont. [1] It bears a sign reading "One Dollar Fine for Driving Faster Than a Walk on This Bridge."

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Description and history

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Chiselville Covered Bridge

The bridge was built 1870 by Daniel Oatman. [2]

It is a lattice truss bridge design, with additional steel I-beams which were installed in 1973 after damage caused by two overweight gravel trucks in 1971.

The bridge was featured in the 1987 film Baby Boom. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chiselville Covered Bridge in Sunderland". Happy Vermont. May 22, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Vermont Covered Bridge Society, Covered Bridges, Covered Bridge News". www.vermontbridges.org. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Bennington: Tour the Beautiful Covered Bridges of Vermont". Four Chimneys Inn. August 21, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2020.

43°04′20″N73°08′00″W / 43.07217°N 73.13320°W / 43.07217; -73.13320


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