About
The Seguin Covered Bridge carries Roscoe Road over Lewis Creek in the eastern part of Charlotte. It is a single-lane Burr arch bridge about 70 feet long, built around 1850, and it is one of three surviving covered bridges in Charlotte. Vehicles can drive through it.
History
The builder is not known; The Charlotte News gives the construction year as 1849. The bridge had extensive repairs in 1949 and again in 1994, when Paul Ide and Jan Lewandoski did the work, and it got a new roof in 2001. Blow & Cote of Morrisville finished a major rehabilitation in December 2016 that raised the weight limit from five to seven tons, and the Charlotte Conservation Commission held a celebration of the work in January 2017.
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 1974. The town's sign spells the name Seguin, while the National Register listing uses Sequin, a spelling that has since spread widely.
Design
The Burr arch truss combines vertical posts and diagonal bracing with laminated timber arches. The bridge's overhead bracing is not found on any other covered bridge in Vermont, and preservationists raised concerns about it during the 2016 rehabilitation. It is one of nine Burr arch covered bridges in the state.
Visiting
The bridge is on Roscoe Road in Charlotte and is open to vehicles, with a seven-ton weight limit since the 2016 work. It is one lane wide.
Sources: Seguin Covered Bridge, Wikipedia, Rehabilitation of the historic Seguin Covered Bridge celebrated, The Charlotte News
Photo: Mfwills, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Location
Roscoe Road, Charlotte, VermontSimilar Bridges in category
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