Mill Covered Bridge (Belvidere, Vermont)
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The Mill Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge
Covered bridge
A covered bridge is a bridge with enclosed sides and a roof, often accommodating only a single lane of traffic. Most covered bridges are wooden; some newer ones are concrete or metal with glass sides...

 that crosses the Lamoille River
Lamoille River
The Lamoille River is a river which runs through northern Vermont and drains into Lake Champlain. It is about in length, and has a drainage area of around . The river generally flows southwest, and then northwest, from the water divide of the Green Mountains, and is the namesake of Lamoille...

 in Belvidere, Vermont
Belvidere, Vermont
Belvidere is a town in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. The population was 294 at the 2000 census. Belvidere contains the locations Belvidere Center, Belvidere Corners and Belvidere Junction...

 on Back Road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 1974.

The bridge is of Queen post
Queen post
A queen post is a supporting post designed to span longer openings than a king post. A king post uses one central supporting post, whereas the queen post uses two.-Architecture:...

design built by Lewis Robinson.

Recent history

Steel beams were installed under the deck of the bridge in 1971 after a contractor's snow plow broke through. The trusses were repaired in 1995 by Jan Lewandoski and Paul Ide.
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