| Morgan Covered Bridge | |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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.
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