Maple Street Covered Bridge

Maple Street Covered Bridge
Carries	Automobile
Crosses	Mill Brook
Locale	Fairfax, Vermont
Maintained by	Town of Fairfax
ID number	VT-06-02
Design	Covered, Town lattice
Material	Wood
Total length	56.8 ft (17.3 m)
Width	17.3 ft (5.3 m)
Number of spans	1
Load limit	4 tons
Vertical clearance	9.5 ft (2.9 m)
Constructed by	Kingsbury and Stone
Construction end	1865
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates:	44°40′06″N 73°00′27″W / 44.66833°N 73.0075°W / 44.66833; -73.0075Coordinates: 44°40′06″N 73°00′27″W / 44.66833°N 73.0075°W / 44.66833; -73.0075
NRHP Reference#:	74000215
Added to NRHP:	November 5, 1974[1]

The Maple Street Covered Bridge, also called the Lower Covered Bridge,^[2] is a covered bridge that crosses Mill Brook off State Route 104 in Fairfax, Vermont. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

The bridge is of Town lattice design, built by Kingsbury and Stone.

Recent history

A major renovation was conducted in 1990-1991 by Jan Lewandoski. Debate is conducted to this day as to whether the bridge is now "backwards". When it was washed off its foundations by the Flood of 1927 it is unknown whether the bridge was put back on in the same direction as it was originally. Some say the eastern portal now faces west, and vice-versa.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. no date specified. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lower Covered Bridge
3. ^ Barna, Ed. Covered Bridges of Vermont. The Countryman Press, 1996. ISBN 0881503738