Morgan Covered Bridge

Morgan Covered Bridge
Carries	Automobile
Crosses	North Branch of Lamoille River
Locale	Belvidere, Vermont
Maintained by	Town of Belvidere
ID number	VT-08-07
Design	Covered, Town lattice
Material	Wood
Total length	70 ft 11 in (21.62 m)
Width	12 ft 2.75 in (3.7275 m)
Number of spans	1
Load limit	5 tons
Vertical clearance	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Constructed by	Lewis Robinson, et al.
Construction end	1887
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates:	44°44′36″N 72°43′40″W / 44.74333°N 72.72778°W / 44.74333; -72.72778Coordinates: 44°44′36″N 72°43′40″W / 44.74333°N 72.72778°W / 44.74333; -72.72778
NRHP Reference#:	74000220
Added to NRHP:	November 19, 1974[1]

The Morgan Covered Bridge, also known as the Upper Covered Bridge^[2] is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the Lamoille River in Belvidere, Vermont on Morgan Bridge Road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

The bridge is of Queen post design built by Lewis Robinson, Charles Leonard and Fred Tracy.

Recent history

There have been no major repairs necessary with this bridge recently, save for a new standing seam metal roof which a large number of covered bridges in Vermont received due to a grant. A study in the 1990s by the Vermont Agency of Transportation revealed that certain design details of the trusses allowed the bridge to be rated for a 9 ton load (1 ton more than the standard load limit for wooden deck bridges).^[3] At this time, a sign at the bridge posts the limit at 5 tons.

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: Morgan Covered Bridge
3. ^ Evans, Benjamin and June. New England's Covered Bridges. University Press of New England, 2004. ISBN 1584653205