Suspension Bridges Crossing Otter Creek

This is a list of all 4 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Otter Creek. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.

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(flume bridge)

Proctor, Vermont, USA - Otter Creek
Bridgemeister ID:1692 (added 2005-03-27)
Name:(flume bridge)
Location:Proctor, Vermont, USA
Crossing:Otter Creek
At or Near Feature:Sutherland Falls
Use:Flume
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

  • The postcard presented here doesn't show much, but other photos show a large wood-shingled tower at one end of the bridge. The bridge was likely completed in the late 1800s.
  • Robert Ratti provided the following information: "it was a carrier of marble slurry from the Vermont Marble Co. and ended in the swamp nearby... In 1936, I lived right at the end of the swamp and climbed on that waste carrier many times."
Postcard, collection of David Denenberg

(footbridge)

Weybridge, Vermont, USA - Otter Creek
Bridgemeister ID:5858 (added 2021-05-15)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Weybridge, Vermont, USA
Crossing:Otter Creek
At or Near Feature:Belden Falls
Coordinates:44.051929 N 73.177332 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2021)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:


(footbridge)

Weybridge, Vermont, USA - Otter Creek
Bridgemeister ID:5859 (added 2021-05-15)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Weybridge, Vermont, USA
Crossing:Otter Creek
At or Near Feature:Belden Falls
Coordinates:44.051998 N 73.177593 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2021)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)

Notes:


(suspension bridge)

Mona and Otranto, Iowa, USA - Otter Creek
Bridgemeister ID:7026 (added 2022-05-15)
Name:(suspension bridge)
Location:Mona and Otranto, Iowa, USA
Crossing:Otter Creek
Coordinates:43.469410 N 92.960649 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Main Cables:Wire
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1

Notes:

  • Removed in 1920s. Coordinates are for the present day (2022) crossing at this location. The suspension bridge was located slightly east.

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