About
This modern covered bridge crosses the West River southeast of Jamaica village in Windham County, on the east side of VT 30/100. Covered bridge lists name it the Island Properties bridge. It is a single span, 62 feet long, built in 1989. It is not a historic timber truss bridge: the Vermont Covered Bridge Society describes it as a stringer bridge on I-beams, and Wikipedia lists it among Vermont's non-authentic covered bridges.
History
The bridge dates from 1989. Dale J. Travis's covered bridge database notes that it was refurbished in 2011. According to Wikipedia's list of non-authentic covered bridges, it was the entrance to a condominium project that appears to have been abandoned, and it may now be a private drive.
Design
The covered superstructure sits on steel I-beam stringers instead of a load-bearing wooden truss. It is one span of 62 feet.
Visiting
The bridge is about 1.0 mile from the junction of VT 30/100 and Depot Street in Jamaica, on the east side of the highway. Wikipedia marks its access as possibly private, and no source confirms that the public may cross it.
Sources: List of non-authentic covered bridges in Vermont (Wikipedia), Island Properties Bridge (Vermont Covered Bridge Society), 45-13-L (Dale J. Travis)
Location
VT 30/100, Jamaica, VermontSimilar Bridges in category
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