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Middlesex–Winooski River Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	US 2 over the Winooski River, Middlesex, Vermont
Coordinates	44°18′22″N 72°41′48″W / 44.30611°N 72.69667°W / 44.30611; -72.69667
Area	less than one acre
Built	1928 (1928)
Built by	American Bridge Company
Architectural style	Pratt through truss bridge
MPS	Metal Truss, Masonry, and Concrete Bridges in Vermont MPS
NRHP reference No.	91001610
Added to NRHP	November 14, 1991

The Middlesex–Winooski River Bridge is a steel girder bridge carrying U.S. Route 2 (US 2) across the Winooski River in a rural area on the town line between Moretown and Middlesex, Vermont. The two-span bridge was built in 2010, replacing a 1928 three-span Pratt through truss, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Setting

The Middlesex–Winooski River Bridge is located northwest of the village center of Middlesex, in the Winooski River floodplain. The river flows north at the crossing, ultimately heading northwesterly to Burlington and Lake Champlain. The bridge is set at an angle on concrete abutments and pier, with an orientation from southeast to northwest. The bridge was built in 2010.

Historic bridge

The historic bridge was set in a similar orientation to the modern bridge. It had two long spans, each 120 feet (37 m), carried by Pratt through trusses, and short 57-foot (17 m) girder span at the north end. The bridge trusses were fabricated by the American Bridge Company and the bridge was completed in 1928. In 1927, this part of the Winooski River watershed was subjected some of the state's most devastating flooding. US 2 was at that time the principal road artery between Burlington and Montpelier, and many bridges (both highway and railroad) were either swept away or suffered significant damage, resulting in the isolation of Middlesex village. The 1928 bridge was built as part of the state's crash program to build more than 1,200 bridges.

See also

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• Engineering portal
• National Register of Historic Places portal
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Vermont

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Bridge Linking Middlesex and Moretown Reopened". WCAX. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
3. Gene F. Barfield (1991). "NRHP nomination for Middlesex-Winooski River Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-10-29. with photos from 1991

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Vermont
National Historic Landmark	Socialist Labor Party Hall Vermont State House
Districts	Barre Downtown Historic District Beck and Beck Granite Shed Currier Park Historic District East Calais Historic District Goddard College Greatwood Campus Kents Corner Historic District Mad River Glen Ski Area Historic District ‡ Mad River Valley Rural Historic District McLaughlin Farm Mill Village Historic District Montpelier Historic District North Calais Village Historic District Plainfield Village Historic District Roxbury Fish Hatchery Vermont State Hospital Historic District Waitsfield Common Historic District Waitsfield Village Historic District Warren Village Historic District Waterbury Village Historic District
Buildings	Aldrich Public Library Allenwood Farm Athenwood and the Thomas W. Wood Studio Barre City Hall and Opera House Central Vermont Railway Depot Colby Mansion College Hall Parley Davis House East Village Meetinghouse Gale-Bancroft House Green Mountain Seminary Italian Baptist Church Jones Brothers Granite Shed Jones–Pestle Farmstead Joslin Farm Lareau Farmstead Chauncey B. Leonard House Martin Covered Bridge Mayo Building National Clothespin Factory Nichols House Old Red Mill Old West Church Reynolds House Scampini Block E. L. Smith Roundhouse Granite Shed Joshua Twing Gristmill Union Co-operative Store Bakery Union Meetinghouse Waterbury Center Methodist Church Wheelock Law Office Theodore Wood House Woodbury Graded School Woodbury Town Hall Worcester Town Hall Worcester Village School
Structures	Bridge 31 Bridge No. 27 Center Road Culvert Coburn Covered Bridge Great Eddy Covered Bridge Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge Middlesex–Winooski River Bridge Northfield Falls Covered Bridge Pine Brook Covered Bridge Slaughter House Covered Bridge Stony Brook Covered Bridge Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge Warren Covered Bridge
Footnotes	‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent county.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont

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