Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-18
BRIDGE COMMITTEES REPORT.
Estimates for Structures on Three
Different Sites-Plans for Vaduct to
do Away With Grade Crossing.

The committee appointed at the last
town meeting to Investigate and publish
facts relating to "A new bridge across Con-
necticut river respectfully report as FOL
lows:
/. 4 steel truss bridge spanning the
river on the present site of the old bridge
swthout resting upon a pier Will cost
about $27 600. To this must be added eX-
pense of additional or new masonary for
abutments. The old abutment on the west
side is dry Missionary Engineers recon-
mend q new abutment and that the bridge
stand 6 feet higher than the old one. If
the old abutment at the east end is used
but raised feet and a new abutment Is
constructed at the west end feet higher
than the present one, 1T will cost about
$4,000 in addition to said $4,000.
3 If the bridge is constructed on the
present site and rests upon the pier near
the centre of the river. the cost of n steel
bridge will be about $4,000, and the adj
ditional cost for the masonary Will be the
same as above stated with whatever eX-
| penses must be incurred upon the pier
| Your committee are unable to give that
on account of the high water not know
| ing whether it would require reconstruc-
| ton of the old pier or not.
| 3. We have considered the advisability
of crossing above the railroad.
| a. BY putting i'm an abutment wall ~
| the west side of the railroad alignment
|
| filling ii back to point near the east
| side Of the Brattlcboro House and re-
| building the wall from the bed of Whet-
| stone Brook on the north side of the
| present road and carrying 1t high enough
| for said fill, then crossing over the rail-
| road and on to the Connecticut river
| bridge by n steel Vaduct supported by
| steel trestles. and then connecting there
| with on the easterly side of the railroad
| track another Viaduct supported by stll
another trestle south towards the depot
| about 800 feet on a grade to the ground,
it will make an additional expense of
| about $4,000.
Total expense for bridge viaduct pass
| ing over the railroad track and down
to the depot and hll from the railroad
track westerly to near the Brattleboro
| House as above stated on the present
site $62 500.
b. Another plan to accomplish the same
| thing would be to construct "A viaduct
from a point near the east side Of the
| Brattleboro House over the same terri
tory with a vaduct all the way. supported
| by steel trestles without making a fill
from the Brattleboro House to the rail
road track. This can be done at an esti-
mated expense of $4,000.
Total expense for the bridge viaduct
from the bridge to the Brattleboro House
over the railroad track and viaduct eX-
tending south to the depot with the bridge
on its present site S5S. 500.
| These estimates. y ana Il. are for stee
bridge with a roadway q feet wide and q
sidewalk six feet wide. strong enough
for all practical purposes. including thai
of electric cars. and without a Centr,
pier.
1. Canning factory site.-A steel bridg,
there would cost $4,000, the fill to react
the west abutment $500, the two abut
ments for the bridge about $500, the ma
sonary and bridge over the railroad tract
about 5000. making total OF $4,000. If IN,
bridge is located here, considerable eN
pense must be incurred on the Vernon
road, so called from the Brattlebor'
House down to the point of crossing thu
| railroad track.
6. Walnut street crossing.-This woul,
require a bridge about 1l00 feet in Length
and would cost about $4,000 This woul'
} be deck bridge standing on two pier
in the river. \ suspension bridge withou
piers would cost about $125,000
j. l.. MARTIN.
c. w. PIERCE,
J. G. ESTEY.
f.. IL. PUTNAM.
Committee