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The Paper Mill Covered Bridge
Bennington, VT
WGN Number: 45-02-03
Paper Mill Covered Bridge
Paper Mill Covered Bridge
Photo by Joe Nelson © 1997

Swimmers have long enjoyed plunging off the roof of the Paper Mill Bridge into the mill pond below. In the middle of the 1990's the roadway was blocked off to pedestrians pending reconstruction.

Paper Mill Covered Bridge Vital Statistics
Town: Bennington
Location: Murphy Road
Crossing: Walloomsac River
Date: 1889
Builder: Charles F. Sears
Truss Type: Plank-lattice
Truss Length: 125 feet 2 inches
Credits: All pictures, information and descriptions are taken from Spanning Time Vermont's Covered Bridges by Joseph C. Nelson ©1997 and the World Guide to Covered Bridges - 1989
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Joe Nelson, P.O Box 267, Jericho, VT 05465-0267 This file posted 03/07/2014

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