About
The Lord's Creek Covered Bridge is a privately owned Paddleford truss bridge with a truss length of about 50 feet, now crossing the Black River on farm property in Irasburg. It was built in 1881 and is named for Lords Creek, the stream it first spanned. It is one of Vermont's last Paddleford truss bridges.
History
John D. Colton built the bridge in 1881. The Vermont Covered Bridge Society (VCBS), quoting the Covered Spans of Yesteryear website, reports that its abutments washed out in 1957 and that it was bypassed by a new concrete and steel bridge. In 1958 dairy farmer Joseph LeBlond moved it to its present site to give access to his farm property. Several repairs have since been made to the flooring and floor beams, but VCBS describes the bridge as "the picture of utter neglect," with its sides and portals uncovered.
Design
The Paddleford truss is a multiple kingpost truss with long counterbraces that cross the posts.
Visiting
The bridge stands on a private farm in Irasburg and is not a public crossing. Sources give no public access information, so it should be viewed only with the owners' permission or from public land.
Sources: Lord's Creek Bridge (Vermont Covered Bridge Society), List of covered bridges in Vermont (Wikipedia)
Photo: Faithslucas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Location
Irasburg, VermontSimilar Bridges in category
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