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Pulp Mill Covered Bridge Middlebury, VT |
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The Pulp Mill Covered Bridge was built in its present form in 1820, making it one of Vermont's oldest surviving bridges. It is a 195 foot span over Otter Creek in Middlebury VT.
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The bridge is most unusual in that it is a two-lane bridge. There is considerable traffic, but cars are required to cross one at a time in each direction, so traffic sometimes piles up waiting for a previous vehicle to cross.
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Alongside the bridge is a more modern pedestrian walkway, added recently.
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The construction is a modified kingpost design with a laminated arch on each side of both lanes.
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Just downstream of the Pulp Mill Covered Bridge is this dam and waterfall, easily accessed by a path through the woods.
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