Lower Bartonsville Covered Bridge collapses into the Williams River in Vermont

This covered bridge built in 1870 could not survive the raging water of the Williams River in Lower Bartonsville village in the town of Rockingham, Windham County, VT. We were hoping all day the water would not reach the top of the abutment but the bridge lost its battle rather gracefully as it floated a bit down stream before breaking into pieces.

Our town has set up a fund to rebuild our historic bridge go to http://www.rockbf.org for more information.

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Travel & Events

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• floods
• Bartonsville Covered Bridge
• Vermont
• Hurricane Irene
• covered
• bridge
• collapse
• washed-away
• river

[Pavesimo]

Too bad nobody complains about the collapse of the English language. It's a real pity when people find it 'OK' to use such discusting language|

[warlegacies]

@Pavesimo One thing I apologize for is my choice of words to express my anger at the river taking our beloved bridge that I crossed, my parents crossed and my grandparents crossed for many decades. FYI, my mother was not pleased either. I honestly didn't think anyone but friends, family and neighbors would view this video and if i had had the time and electrical power to edit it as our power was flickering I would have but the video took a life of its own once posted. (power come back yesterday)

[warlegacies]

@KimonoMT If you watch the clip 10 minutes before it collapsed you will see why we were so far back, the power pole across the river was leaning into the water and the bank eroding so fast we thought the pole may come down taking down the pole on our side of the river, so being close the bridge was not a safe place to be standing. I was not filming so Youtube viewers would get the best view but so that family and friends who grew up with that bridge who were not there could see what happened.

[Crickin4]

@Pavesimo lol whatever... your using english dumbass English is teh best thing evar since sliced bread FWUAK J00!!!

[DateMike54]

@lophophore23 LOL. guess what they're doing. :gasp!: building a new one. Ya just cant fix stupid. What do people in history do when faced with disaster? cry? no. Be mature responsible people, its an inanimate object. It took a long time to make with hard work?awe.Sucks. ok, now be a big boy and make a better one, cause this ones gone.If my church burnt down, we'd get together as a fellowship and rebuild it,not weep over lumber and glass. Thou shall not covet graven images. Get over yourself.

[efenz22]

No need to apologize for the language. That was my exact reaction. Too bad other viewers have no sense of history or what it meant to us to lose this bridge.

[Travesty1]

Am I the only one who doesn't care that the woman is cussing but that the guy in the background is being snarky about the fact that she's really upset? It's HILARIOUS. "Ha ha. Sa-ad." "I don't care if you got it or not-" XD And in one of your other other videos you're discussing pig farming or something.

[juniorshuffler]

build a bridge and get over it get it?? na jk thats not funny at all

[hedkace]

@rwalk09

Nicely put

[theautobotjedi]

i blame viocom

[leatherface976666]

I'm sorry,I just read about this on Weather.com and this is a shame...Just remember,hold your head up and remember there are alot of people who's memories will keep that beautiful covered bridge standing for a long time to come.

[989787777778787]

God may have destroyed this bridge in anger, and this bridge may have only been an object. But many people had memories from the bridge, and it was so beautiful as well.