A Short History of the Kingsbury/Hyde/South Randolph Bridge
WGN 45-09-02
The gable end of the Hyde Bridge, or Kingsbury Bridge, is marked by a large sign that says "So. Randolph, VT." The Hyde alone among the nine area bridges features rounded portals. The span was built in 1904 and restored in 1980. Since then, it was closed to traffic for a number of years because of ice damage. The damage did not deter a farmer who used the closed bridge for storing his equipment out of the weather. It was reopened in 1994 after reconstruction. Portions of the top and bottom chords, several vertical truss-members, and some of the bracing was replaced. A bearing block and some bolster beams were renewed.
The fifty-two-foot multiple-kingpost span stands next to Route 14, 2.8 miles south of the Gifford Bridge behind a grassy park with a picnic table. The Hyde serves an unpaved dead-end road, providing access to fields and meadow land.
Spanning Time: Vermont's Covered Bridges
Photo by Joe Nelson
July 1992
Photo by Joe Nelson
July 1992
