maybe Ken, you suggest that they put sensors at each entrance of the bridge. if the vehicle is too large. it drops a gate and takes photo. so, a nice contribution be collected could help the community in so many ways.
On the news today, here in Boston, they are telling college students, moving in to, “Not Get Storrowed.” A bridge over Storrow Drive, is only 9’ high, and gets hit on a regular basis, when college students descend on Boston. Ken, I really enjoy this channel, too.
I use to ice skate with the Northeast Kingdom Skating Club (figure skating) at the Fenton Chester arena in Lyndon Center many years ago (2001-2004). Seeing the scenery from the area brought me back in time; good memories. Thank you for posting.
Why don't they notice the signs? Because a lot of them are playing with their phones instead of concentrating on driving their trucks. Not to be mean, but it's true. Thanks Ken for the video. Another great history lesson. Always appreciated and very interesting.
Good morning from Cape Cod ⛵ I had an ex-girlfriend from Barre Vermont. Spent the week with her family for Thanksgiving. Anyway she took me to visit some quite beautiful attractions in Vermont including covered bridges. Anyway I was driving my 86 Chevy k30 pickup truck between 6800 lb and we came to a covered bridge which was stated weight limit 5,000 lb. I figured what the hell let's cross it anyway, the whole damn thing was swaying around under us 😂 thanks for sharing this awesome video Ken ✌️🇺🇲
The steel post with steel horizonal beam to catch over height limit trucks is the simple & least cost answer & works well in Ga. Kudos Ken, one of your very best scenic vids to date, Thanks for sharing
Another YT channel shows such a bridge with a steel beam to protect the bridge, along with an elaborate warning system. The steel beam works well, and even though they recently raised the bridge clearance a bit, people still hit it every now and then. ruclips.net/user/yovo68videos
We have a railroad bridge in Thurston County, we call it the Mullen Road Trestle. It is just under 11 feet, it skins the stop of of a few trucks EVERY month. Good times.
Ken, I enjoy both of your channels. The history lessons we get with this one are quite fascinating to me! It’s amazing how people lose rational thought when it comes to crossing covered bridges. Additionally, it proves how many truckers either don’t read signs or blindly follow their GPS. I was up your way in July on motorcycles with my brothers going east on Rte 4 to just south of St. Johnsbury. Beautiful area!
@@MrSprintcat ... yes, snow and ice build up in the days before we had snowplows. Keeping the rain off also increases the life span of the understructure. BTW, bridges freeze well before the roads and early guardrails were just a suggestion to stay in your lane. Many of these were built in the days before cars were common... and they are stronger than you think.
In Syracuse, NY on the Onondaga Lake Parkway, there is a Large Steel Railroad bridge that runs across the Parkway. It has low clearance also and there are numerous large signs, flashing lights etc. and just the same, there are often Tractor Trailers and Tour Busses that ram under that bridge. The Bridge doesn't budge and shows no damage afterwards. Some people have been killed there. No matter how many signs and lights, some people will aways be oblivious. It's scary that they are running the highways with so little awareness of their surroundings.
That covered bridge looks like the covered bridge from the movie Beetlejuice where the couple became ghosts. So your brother has a YT channel with the Bradley/Miller's Run covered bridge accidents. Interesting. I'm glad he is helping to preserve the old bridge. Thanks for showing us your old stomping grounds. Looks like a nice little town. Really nice drone footage. Thanks for this Ken.
What an amazing thing! I've never been up that road and never knew this. It's hard to believe so many people would ignore all those signs. You'd think it would be obvious! I go over covered bridge near where I live all the time, and the way most are situated, it's fairly easy to see vehicles approaching from the opposite direction. But this bridge appears to have that curved approach from one side, which I suppose makes it harder to see when someone's coming.
Great video, were the sides always open. I am used to sided covered bridges. Greene County Ohio where i was born had covered bridges. Three were near my mothers home. Two were lifted and saved. One on a gravel road still survives.
We have the same problem here in NH with covered bridges. Also, we have an abandoned railroad overpass where the road curves before the entrances and where the underpass is almost too narrow for vehicles to fit, and where they don't often see each other before it's too late.
I noticed lots of Large 2 Story homes. Seems to me they set very close to the street or I think you said this is a State road. Some Really Beautiful Country Sides in Vermont. Thank You Ken have a Blessed Day. Arizona here.
'New age' truckers blindly follow where the GPS tells them to go. My GPS has sent me on roads where no 4 wheel drive would even venture. Common sense goes a long way. Not much of it nowadays, unfortunately.
They have the same issue with trucks at the 802 Credit Union in Putney. For some reason they use that lot as a turn around and the Credit Union has replaced the drive-up several times over the years.
Ken, if/when you’re venturing further out of the northeast kingdom you might want to check out and do a video on VT’s only and unique FLOATING bridge in Brookfield, VT on route 65 over Sunset Lake in Brookfield Village. It’s pretty neat to see and behold. Being a native Vermonter I’m sure you’re aware of it and may haven visited it before at some point, but I think it may make an interesting subject for a video with the drone. Keep up the vids it’s great to learn some new and interesting facts about your neck of the Green Mountain State. 👍😁
@@kensscenicjourneys7190 Being from Franklin County, Vt., I look at all Covered Bridges as being special, I believe Franklin County has seven in total .. The Brookfield Floating Bridge however is unique amongst all .. It's worth the ride.
I always enjoy covered bridges Ken. There are several still in existence here in West Virginia. One in Barbour County caught fire a few years back. Luckily, the bridge structure was concrete and it's still open to traffic. I expect it was built in the early 1900s, but we have some in our State much older. Most of ours have welded I-Beam structures that are on each side if the bridge, if a Semi truck is over the heighth of the I-Beams then they won't get to the bridges. They are placed 500' before you get to the bridge.
Very interesting. Covered bridges really intrigreid me. I've seen the ones in Iowa. The construction is amazing when you consider when they were built in the 1800's.
I live in Lydonville and make this walk all the time. The guy that runs the covered bridge accident channel has a really cool hobbit door on his property that's pretty cool
The iron post should be back at the last sign for height restriction. None of the prevention measures at "The Can Opener" bridge seemed to help nor did actually raising the height of the bridge.
That looks wide enough for cars to pass,it's just that folks are just too impatient in the states,most of the side roads in the UK are certainly no wider.
Very nice video Ken! Love the covered bridges. The covered bridge is one of the few links to our past. We had one in our town that was taken out in the 1938 flood and replaced with a steel girder one that survived the 1955 flood.
One safeguard that could be implemented on that covered bridge & other one lane bridges is a magnetic sensors in roadway that activates a flashing light to warn of oncoming traffic. Here in Colorado there's a bad intersection between US highway & county road... to reduce accidents DOT installed sensor activated flashing lights to warn motorists of cross traffic.
Hey Ken ,check out the underpass in Durham North Carolina 11ft.8in.look up 11/8 crashes. It's a compilation of videos of trucks, buses,RVs slamming into this low underpass. The crashes are spectacular, some of these straight trucks will actually come three or four feet off the ground in the front when the top of the box hits the railroad bridge. If you want to be entertained for 10 minutes check it out, absolutely astounding, considering all the flashing lights and warnings in place, before they actually hit the underpass. ENJOY!
@@kensscenicjourneys7190 years ago we lived in Bradford, New Hampshire and there was a little crookety, one lane road with a cute little covered bridge on it and a flatlander truck driver decided to try to take a tractor-trailer over something that was considerably smaller than the one that you're showing us,he tore the whole thing down.... 53ft.van trailer,he tried to put it through that tiny bridge. I remember learning in school that two things can't occupy the same place at the same time,but some folks just don't understand that concept.
The drone made the video...I take it you are deaf from running machines....the music was too loud. What a great area to grow up...and to show that to everyone makes you a great guy.
Great old bridge. If only there was a carpenter in the area that could touch up those damaged boards. LOL Also, you really do live in a postcard, don't you. Beautiful scenery.
I watched some your brother’s videos. Those planks have certainly gone flying often! I don’t see any warning signs about the height or those flap things that you see sometimes that measure max clearance? Might help…although maybe not. So many people just don’t think! We have covered bridges near me in Quebec. I always thought the bridges were covered to keep the snow off but actually keeping all weather and sun off the bridge deck increases it’s longevity by decades.
Thanks, it's great as always. Really enjoy the history lesson and I find it great to go back to my hometown and visit the changes. Hope they can continue to use the covered bridge, great work of art and purpose
The covered bridge nearest me was rebuilt, with enough changes that it really isn't the same bridge. It's sad to lose a piece of history that way but at least the new generation will have a covered bridge and not just old stories.
@@kensscenicjourneys7190 its a small world. Yeah i went to his channel and watched it again. That truck did $50,000 in damage, the news article said. I hope they were able to identify the truck.
I am suprised that the DOT doesn't replace or add a new modern bridge next to that one (and preserve the old bridge for non-highway use). Would be much safer. And you'd think they would get tired of fixing it all the time.
Wow that is a neet little bridge yes it need a steel pipe to perfect it ....that is part of the states history it needs pertected.....thank you so much for sharing
Hello Ken. I'm relatively new subscriber to your channel. I enjoy your videos and the history lessons that come with them. Your drone footage is always wonderful along with the music. I live in Western Massachusetts and love Vermont. I do wish you can make your videos longer due to the great content in every video.
Ken, thanks for the interesting history of the covered bridge. I can't understand why so many trucks exceed the limits of the bridge because there are many highway sigs indicating the limits.
The Sanborn bridge is being renovated/restored summer/fall of 2024. Will have a little park. Call the town and give your support for these small projects and maybe they will stay on track!
The fools that hit the bridge must have gotten their reading ability at the same school as the fools that get stuck in Smuggler's Notch. They need a big metal bar there too though it isn't a height thing. Maybe something that measures the length of the vehicle and pops up a spike strip before they get too far in. The one that couldn't read last week was hit with a $3,544 fine.
Hi Ken thanks for another interesting video, new subscriber to your channel. spent 4 yrs working in VT back in the 60's for Bay State Elevator. so got to see just about the whole state. There are several Covered Bridges down this way in southern Vt Arlington area at least 7 that come to mind in Bennington also. and we have the Infamous one here in Ma. down in Shefield where a family had a UFO sighting. That Bridgeis closed now I used to go thru it all the time when I drove for a cleaning co back in the early 60 just afterI got out of the Army. thanks for a great channel. ECF
Nice bridge. There are a few small one-lane bridges in my area that can be hairy at times. Why is it that driving a truck/car makes many of us think we own the road. That section might benefit from some sort of traffic-calming measure(s),. My first thought was a toll booth that only charges a nominal sum, say a nickel. But who carries a nickel these days?
Ken, this is a lovely video. But it leaves me with a few questions: Why are those bridges covered and the rest of the roads not in the first place? Why put a roof over a road while crossing a river or stream? It looks like a very heavy construction that leads to less weight for vehicles to cross the water, why would you do that?
@@kensscenicjourneys7190 Ken this is true for every old bridge all over the world. But nowhere I know bridges are roofed over. Here in The Netherlands there are none and in Europa I haven’t seen one either.
What I’ve always heard is that the covered bridges prevented the horses from seeing the river or stream below them, which could frighten them. This bridge puzzles me, as it has no side walls to prevent those views.
Straighten the road out, build a new 4-lane new bridge and leave the old bridge as part of a park lane along the river with picnic tables scattered to enjoy the view. The bridge is a historical tourist attraction, that over time would bring in revenue to pay for the new bridge and park.
One closed to my house. I think traffic lights might work for normal traffic. Trucks even here in South Africa seems to ignore all signs, or maybe they just can't read or should we blame Google Maps for their ignorance😭
Vermont definitely a beautiful state, another great place to visit you’ve probably been there is Robert Lincolns home magnificent property, of course Abraham Lincoln’s son.
they need to put up a bar about a 1/4 mile before the bridge that is the maximum height. just like the car wash has a bar before you get to the point of no return
It's so pretty. My wife and I often talk about how rude people are now and everyone is in a hurry and they are so much more importan than you, so get out of there way. We have been passed so many times by people using the shoulder of the road. My speed on the freeways is usually between 70-85.
@@kensscenicjourneys7190 I used to spend a few weeks in Barton every summer. Your videos bring back lots of good memories for me. Thanks! The Crystal Lake State Park bath house is a pretty neat VT historical building that you could do an episode on. If it's not already on your "to do" list that is! lol
@@kensscenicjourneys7190 in old houses. They had angled second story Windows so witches cant fly in the window. If you search witch windows of Vermont there are pictures and the story. Would make a interesting video😊
It must be a tourist attraction! Otherwise surely they would have replaced it with a proper two lane bridge by now, or at least erected a height bar and traffic lights!🤔
maybe Ken, you suggest that they put sensors at each entrance of the bridge. if the vehicle is too large. it drops a gate and takes photo. so, a nice contribution be collected could help the community in so many ways.
On the news today, here in Boston, they are telling college students, moving in to, “Not Get Storrowed.” A bridge over Storrow Drive, is only 9’ high, and gets hit on a regular basis, when college students descend on Boston.
Ken, I really enjoy this channel, too.
Thanks Hey I’ve been there
I use to ice skate with the Northeast Kingdom Skating Club (figure skating) at the Fenton Chester arena in Lyndon Center many years ago (2001-2004). Seeing the scenery from the area brought me back in time; good memories. Thank you for posting.
Nice we’ve watched performances they put on there back around that time.
Why don't they notice the signs? Because a lot of them are playing with their phones instead of concentrating on driving their trucks. Not to be mean, but it's true. Thanks Ken for the video. Another great history lesson. Always appreciated and very interesting.
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Good morning from Cape Cod ⛵ I had an ex-girlfriend from Barre Vermont. Spent the week with her family for Thanksgiving. Anyway she took me to visit some quite beautiful attractions in Vermont including covered bridges. Anyway I was driving my 86 Chevy k30 pickup truck between 6800 lb and we came to a covered bridge which was stated weight limit 5,000 lb. I figured what the hell let's cross it anyway, the whole damn thing was swaying around under us 😂 thanks for sharing this awesome video Ken ✌️🇺🇲
The steel post with steel horizonal beam to catch over height limit trucks is the simple & least cost answer & works well in Ga. Kudos Ken, one of your very best scenic vids to date, Thanks for sharing
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Another YT channel shows such a bridge with a steel beam to protect the bridge, along with an elaborate warning system. The steel beam works well, and even though they recently raised the bridge clearance a bit, people still hit it every now and then. ruclips.net/user/yovo68videos
We have a railroad bridge in Thurston County, we call it the Mullen Road Trestle. It is just under 11 feet, it skins the stop of of a few trucks EVERY month. Good times.
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Love that Drone! Gorgeous Panoramic View’s. TY
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Great drone shots of your brother’s house! I guess that was where you grew up Ken. Lots of memories, I’m sure.
Thanks. Yes most of my childhood grew up there
Ken, I enjoy both of your channels. The history lessons we get with this one are quite fascinating to me! It’s amazing how people lose rational thought when it comes to crossing covered bridges. Additionally, it proves how many truckers either don’t read signs or blindly follow their GPS. I was up your way in July on motorcycles with my brothers going east on Rte 4 to just south of St. Johnsbury. Beautiful area!
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Hey Tim. Should have come up
I can’t understand why you would need a covered Bridge on a road. Alway like your choice of music that was beautiful
The covered bridge was there long before the road was paved and had guardrails.
Snow fall ?
@@MrSprintcat ... yes, snow and ice build up in the days before we had snowplows. Keeping the rain off also increases the life span of the understructure. BTW, bridges freeze well before the roads and early guardrails were just a suggestion to stay in your lane. Many of these were built in the days before cars were common... and they are stronger than you think.
In Syracuse, NY on the Onondaga Lake Parkway, there is a Large Steel Railroad bridge that runs across the Parkway. It has low clearance also and there are numerous large signs, flashing lights etc. and just the same, there are often Tractor Trailers and Tour Busses that ram under that bridge. The Bridge doesn't budge and shows no damage afterwards. Some people have been killed there. No matter how many signs and lights, some people will aways be oblivious. It's scary that they are running the highways with so little awareness of their surroundings.
Thanks for the input
Thank you for letting us see the beautiful area around your state 🙏 ❤️
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How amazing. And I thought Texas was beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
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That covered bridge looks like the covered bridge from the movie Beetlejuice where the couple became ghosts. So your brother has a YT channel with the Bradley/Miller's Run covered bridge accidents. Interesting. I'm glad he is helping to preserve the old bridge. Thanks for showing us your old stomping grounds. Looks like a nice little town. Really nice drone footage. Thanks for this Ken.
Thanks first time on this channel using the new drone
Nice. As a kid I bet you spent a few days in the creek. Thanks looking forward to seeing the next one. 🎅🏻
Haha thanks for watching
What an amazing thing! I've never been up that road and never knew this. It's hard to believe so many people would ignore all those signs. You'd think it would be obvious! I go over covered bridge near where I live all the time, and the way most are situated, it's fairly easy to see vehicles approaching from the opposite direction. But this bridge appears to have that curved approach from one side, which I suppose makes it harder to see when someone's coming.
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You are adding a personal touch to history. Thank you. 😊
Thanks I appreciate it
Great video, were the sides always open. I am used to sided covered bridges. Greene County Ohio where i was born had covered bridges. Three were near my mothers home. Two were lifted and saved. One on a gravel road still survives.
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We have the same problem here in NH with covered bridges. Also, we have an abandoned railroad overpass where the road curves before the entrances and where the underpass is almost too narrow for vehicles to fit, and where they don't often see each other before it's too late.
Wow
I noticed lots of Large 2 Story homes. Seems to me they set very close to the street or I think you said this is a State road. Some Really Beautiful Country Sides in Vermont. Thank You Ken have a Blessed Day. Arizona here.
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Lots of history up there in Vermont Ken. Thanks for sharing your one on one information guided tour.
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My great uncle helped refurbish the Eagle Bridge near Cambridge NY, just after WWII. I think it was built around the same time as yours.
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Love your short history tours. Thank you for the time and effort to present them so beautifully.
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'New age' truckers blindly follow where the GPS tells them to go. My GPS has sent me on roads where no 4 wheel drive would even venture. Common sense goes a long way. Not much of it nowadays, unfortunately.
They have the same issue with trucks at the 802 Credit Union in Putney. For some reason they use that lot as a turn around and the Credit Union has replaced the drive-up several times over the years.
Wow
Ken, if/when you’re venturing further out of the northeast kingdom you might want to check out and do a video on VT’s only and unique FLOATING bridge in Brookfield, VT on route 65 over Sunset Lake in Brookfield Village. It’s pretty neat to see and behold. Being a native Vermonter I’m sure you’re aware of it and may haven visited it before at some point, but I think it may make an interesting subject for a video with the drone. Keep up the vids it’s great to learn some new and interesting facts about your neck of the Green Mountain State. 👍😁
Thanks I’ll look into that. I’ve never seen it.
@@kensscenicjourneys7190 Being from Franklin County, Vt., I look at all Covered Bridges as being special, I believe Franklin County has seven in total .. The Brookfield Floating Bridge however is unique amongst all .. It's worth the ride.
History with a view. Thanks for your work.
Haha yes
Another beautifully told story Ken. Thank you
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Very nice video. No excuse for the trucks to be hitting the bridge. Like you mentioned it's well posted.
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I always enjoy covered bridges Ken. There are several still in existence here in West Virginia. One in Barbour County caught fire a few years back. Luckily, the bridge structure was concrete and it's still open to traffic. I expect it was built in the early 1900s, but we have some in our State much older. Most of ours have welded I-Beam structures that are on each side if the bridge, if a Semi truck is over the heighth of the I-Beams then they won't get to the bridges. They are placed 500' before you get to the bridge.
Nice thanks for the info
Very interesting. Covered bridges really intrigreid me. I've seen the ones in Iowa. The construction is amazing when you consider when they were built in the 1800's.
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Love covered bridges! Thank you Ken for sharing!
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Definitely one of my goals when I move up to Vermont is to check out all of the covered bridges in the state. Thank you for the video Ken
Cool thanks for watching
Loved the history of your hometown, Thanks
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I live in Lydonville and make this walk all the time. The guy that runs the covered bridge accident channel has a really cool hobbit door on his property that's pretty cool
That’s my brother. :)
Great video. You are getting better and better. This makes me want to take a road trip to Vermont.
Yes do it
The iron post should be back at the last sign for height restriction. None of the prevention measures at "The Can Opener" bridge seemed to help nor did actually raising the height of the bridge.
Great job 👏 thx for the view.....I have seen the video of the trucks stopping and giving to back up as well as one that popped those boards off
Crazy isn’t it
@@kensscenicjourneys7190 pretty much yes
Beautiful area and bridge. Thanks for the video.
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I think we have two left here in GA...One is in a state park and closed to traffic, other on is
on a minor road and gets hit rarely.
I like that… gets hit rarely. :)
That looks wide enough for cars to pass,it's just that folks are just too impatient in the states,most of the side roads in the UK are certainly no wider.
Very nice video Ken! Love the covered bridges. The covered bridge is one of the few links to our past. We had one in our town that was taken out in the 1938 flood and replaced with a steel girder one that survived the 1955 flood.
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One safeguard that could be implemented on that covered bridge & other one lane bridges is a magnetic sensors in roadway that activates a flashing light to warn of oncoming traffic. Here in Colorado there's a bad intersection between US highway & county road... to reduce accidents DOT installed sensor activated flashing lights to warn motorists of cross traffic.
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Thought I was subscribed but I was not. I am now.
Poor little bridge.
Thanks I’m glad you subscribed
Very interesting bridge thanks for sharing.
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Hey Ken ,check out the underpass in Durham North Carolina 11ft.8in.look up 11/8 crashes. It's a compilation of videos of trucks, buses,RVs slamming into this low underpass. The crashes are spectacular, some of these straight trucks will actually come three or four feet off the ground in the front when the top of the box hits the railroad bridge. If you want to be entertained for 10 minutes check it out, absolutely astounding, considering all the flashing lights and warnings in place, before they actually hit the underpass. ENJOY!
Thanks I may have seen that
@@kensscenicjourneys7190 years ago we lived in Bradford, New Hampshire and there was a little crookety, one lane road with a cute little covered bridge on it and a flatlander truck driver decided to try to take a tractor-trailer over something that was considerably smaller than the one that you're showing us,he tore the whole thing down.... 53ft.van trailer,he tried to put it through that tiny bridge. I remember learning in school that two things can't occupy the same place at the same time,but some folks just don't understand that concept.
I knew it, you go "both ways" 4:39 and we now have recorded visual evidence!!
The drone made the video...I take it you are deaf from running machines....the music was too loud. What a great area to grow up...and to show that to everyone makes you a great guy.
Great old bridge. If only there was a carpenter in the area that could touch up those damaged boards. LOL Also, you really do live in a postcard, don't you. Beautiful scenery.
Haha thanks Rob
I watched some your brother’s videos. Those planks have certainly gone flying often!
I don’t see any warning signs about the height or those flap things that you see sometimes that measure max clearance? Might help…although maybe not. So many people just don’t think!
We have covered bridges near me in Quebec. I always thought the bridges were covered to keep the snow off but actually keeping all weather and sun off the bridge deck increases it’s longevity by decades.
I see you did mention warning signs later in your video. I like the steel bar idea!
Thanks, it's great as always. Really enjoy the history lesson and I find it great to go back to my hometown and visit the changes. Hope they can continue to use the covered bridge, great work of art and purpose
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The covered bridge nearest me was rebuilt, with enough changes that it really isn't the same bridge. It's sad to lose a piece of history that way but at least the new generation will have a covered bridge and not just old stories.
I saw this bridge in another video where a box truck hit it and knock off those boards that are missing. There are cameras watching that bridge
Yes That’s my brothers RUclips channel
@@kensscenicjourneys7190 its a small world. Yeah i went to his channel and watched it again. That truck did $50,000 in damage, the news article said. I hope they were able to identify the truck.
I am suprised that the DOT doesn't replace or add a new modern bridge next to that one (and preserve the old bridge for non-highway use). Would be much safer. And you'd think they would get tired of fixing it all the time.
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They need a WOW button on here! Love the videos on this channel too. Thanks for continuing to share beautiful Vermont with us.
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Cool bridge and story. Keep them coming
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Love the bridges. Never quainter than in Vermont.
They’re very quaint
I love old covered bridges.
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That was so interesting. Thanks for an excellent video.
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Wow that is a neet little bridge yes it need a steel pipe to perfect it ....that is part of the states history it needs pertected.....thank you so much for sharing
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Hello Ken. I'm relatively new subscriber to your channel. I enjoy your videos and the history lessons that come with them. Your drone footage is always wonderful along with the music. I live in Western Massachusetts and love Vermont. I do wish you can make your videos longer due to the great content in every video.
Thanks I appreciate the input
Ken, thanks for the interesting history of the covered bridge. I can't understand why so many trucks exceed the limits of the bridge because there are many highway sigs indicating the limits.
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Too many truck drivers don't read English. Not required to get a CDL.
thank you for sharing-enjoyed it.
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Thank you for sharing....
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The Sanborn bridge is being renovated/restored summer/fall of 2024. Will have a little park. Call the town and give your support for these small projects and maybe they will stay on track!
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The fools that hit the bridge must have gotten their reading ability at the same school as the fools that get stuck in Smuggler's Notch. They need a big metal bar there too though it isn't a height thing. Maybe something that measures the length of the vehicle and pops up a spike strip before they get too far in. The one that couldn't read last week was hit with a $3,544 fine.
wonderful Ken
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Thanks Ken.
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Neat. Thanks for sharing God bless
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Hi Ken thanks for another interesting video, new subscriber to your channel. spent 4 yrs working in VT back in the 60's for Bay State Elevator. so got to see just about the whole state. There are several Covered Bridges down this way in southern Vt Arlington area at least 7 that come to mind in Bennington also. and we have the Infamous one here in Ma. down in Shefield where a family had a UFO sighting. That Bridgeis closed now I used to go thru it all the time when I drove for a cleaning co back in the early 60 just afterI got out of the Army. thanks for a great channel. ECF
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Thanks Ken love the history lesson
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Nice bridge. There are a few small one-lane bridges in my area that can be hairy at times. Why is it that driving a truck/car makes many of us think we own the road. That section might benefit from some sort of traffic-calming measure(s),. My first thought was a toll booth that only charges a nominal sum, say a nickel. But who carries a nickel these days?
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Ken, this is a lovely video. But it leaves me with a few questions: Why are those bridges covered and the rest of the roads not in the first place? Why put a roof over a road while crossing a river or stream? It looks like a very heavy construction that leads to less weight for vehicles to cross the water, why would you do that?
Back then it was a team of horses and a wagon. The covered bridge protected the wood beams and floor boards
@@kensscenicjourneys7190 Ken this is true for every old bridge all over the world. But nowhere I know bridges are roofed over. Here in The Netherlands there are none and in Europa I haven’t seen one either.
What I’ve always heard is that the covered bridges prevented the horses from seeing the river or stream below them, which could frighten them. This bridge puzzles me, as it has no side walls to prevent those views.
Good video, thanks Ken
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Straighten the road out, build a new 4-lane new bridge and leave the old bridge as part of a park lane along the river with picnic tables scattered to enjoy the view. The bridge is a historical tourist attraction, that over time would bring in revenue to pay for the new bridge and park.
Gets my vote
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After hurricane sandy I think it was, destroyed a couple of bridges I heard they were heavily insured. Hope they rebuilt them as they were.
Wow yes
sounds like bridge over troubled water
Haha you’re right
A matter of beauty/nostalgia vs. safety/practically.
i like the covered bridge story we have one in al but in a park
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That's a great downtown bypass, but truckers follow GPS blindly at times..ie, Smuggler's Notch!! 😉
Haha right
One closed to my house. I think traffic lights might work for normal traffic. Trucks even here in South Africa seems to ignore all signs, or maybe they just can't read or should we blame Google Maps for their ignorance😭
Haha all of the above
Have you done a video on the Columbia bridge in the north east kingdom?
Thank you!
You’re welcome thanks for watching
Ty
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Maybe it’s time to build a new bridge and make this one a historical site.
Right
Vermont definitely a beautiful state, another great place to visit you’ve probably been there is Robert Lincolns home magnificent property, of course Abraham Lincoln’s son.
Yes that was great. The Pullman car.
I bet that, if you could find a good framer, you could get that damage repaired.
Haha
gps gets them everytime. just watch Ron Pratt channel. He had to pick up a truck that was following gps that almost rolled over.
they need to put up a bar about a 1/4 mile before the bridge that is the maximum height. just like the car wash has a bar before you get to the point of no return
Haha yes
Neat bridge !
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It's so pretty. My wife and I often talk about how rude people are now and everyone is in a hurry and they are so much more importan than you, so get out of there way. We have been passed so many times by people using the shoulder of the road. My speed on the freeways is usually between 70-85.
Thanks I hear you
Nice video and know right we're it is
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Looks like they could easily add more clearance for trucks by removing a foot or 2 of wood where the sign about clearance is hanging lol
They could. :)
@@kensscenicjourneys7190 I used to spend a few weeks in Barton every summer. Your videos bring back lots of good memories for me. Thanks! The Crystal Lake State Park bath house is a pretty neat VT historical building that you could do an episode on. If it's not already on your "to do" list that is! lol
Hey Ken are there houses in your area with a "witch window"?
I haven’t heard that term before
@@kensscenicjourneys7190 in old houses. They had angled second story Windows so witches cant fly in the window. If you search witch windows of Vermont there are pictures and the story. Would make a interesting video😊
It must be a tourist attraction! Otherwise surely they would have replaced it with a proper two lane bridge by now, or at least erected a height bar and traffic lights!🤔
They’re supposedly working on something
different but nice
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