Moxley - 1883
The 1883 Moxley Covered Bridge, also called Guy Bridge, stands in southern Chelsea in Orange County, Vermont, about 2.5 miles south of the village center, on Moxley Road. It is a single-span multiple kingpost truss structure, resting on abutments of dry-laid stone and concrete facing. The southern abutment is set on a prominent rock outcrop. The bridge is covered by a metal roof, and its exterior is finished in vertical board siding, which extends a short way to the interior of the portals. The trusses include wrought iron rods and are set at an offset to one another, giving the bridge the shape of a parallelogram. A laminated beam has been bolted to the underside of the floor planking to provide additional strength.
Moxley Bridge is Chelsea's only 19th-century covered bridge and is one of a concentrated group (most in neighboring Tunbridge) of covered bridges in the state. The Moxley Bridge is the northernmost in the string of bridges over the First Branch. It is noted for the long hand-hewn bottom chords. A wooden ramp at the north portal helps keep the water away from the bridge deck. This is a "skewed" bridge", placed across the stream at a slant rather than a right angle so its actual shape is a trapezoid.
Length of largest span: 51.8 ft.
Total length: 61 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 7.5 ft.
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1974.
Located at: N43 57.418 W72 27.800 - WGCB #45-09-01
Photographed in June of 2022