🌉 Vermont covered bridge
🌉 Lord's Creek Covered Bridge
Irasburg, VT · built 1881
Photo: Faithslucas via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)One of only three surviving Paddleford truss bridges in Vermont, this span originally crossed Lord's Creek and kept that name after it was moved. When its abutments washed out in 1957 and the state replaced it with a concrete and steel bridge, dairy farmer Joseph LeBlond acquired it and re-erected it over the Black River to reach his farm fields. It was later stripped of its siding, leaving its Paddleford trusses exposed to the weather, and bridge guides describe it as badly neglected.
🏘️ Town: Irasburg, VT (Orleans County)
🗓️ Year built: 1881
🔨 Builder: John D. Colton
🌉 Truss type: Paddleford truss
📏 Length: 50 ft
🌊 Crosses: Black River
🛣️ Road carried: Covered Bridge Road, private
🏛️ National Register: Not listed
📜 Dating notes: Moved in 1958 from its original crossing of Lord's Creek to a private farm crossing of the Black River after its original abutments washed out in 1957.
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Bridge facts compiled from the National Register of Historic Places, the Vermont Covered Bridge Society and town histories. Map pin is approximate.