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' slow 'Jow Jow In almost every Instanl.p Instanlp Instance Instanl.pthey Instancethey Instancethey . they wcie weie wel e . constructed c.onstrncted constrncted at nt rl right ht nnlles antes antesto anglesto nnllesto : , to the Ihe strpnins streams str ( > llmq \ ' uhlch which hlch they crosspd crossed crosspd"Itb crossedssitb crossedwith "Itb Itb ssitb " the re re&ult reult result & nll that thai dan clangerntis clangerntissharp dangerousshnrp erons eronssharp sharp migle angle 11I1 le tlJrn turns existed e\.lsted e.lsted e .lsted lsted : \ . at e'1eh e1eh etch e'1ehend etchend eichend ' end of the < ; structures trnctnres This to.l.th tol.th tolth tocth to.l.thcr tocther tOoCthcr . ? . cr er crith nith \\ith ith with \ ' the fict f1ct Pact they yvere nere Isere narrow narrow'lnll narrowand narrowind 'lnll lnll and ' often low ' . irchcd 1.rc.hed 1rc.hed 1rched arched . mide m111e made m'1n\ m'1n m1n manv m'1nunfit manvunfit nnnvunfit ' \ ' unfit to meet the requirements reulrcrmnts ! ] of ofmodern ofmodern ofmodern modern tra\ tra travelPride travel trael \ el elI'rI J JI'rlde I'rlde Irlde Pride I'rI IrI ' ' l > In these covered coered , bridges h is ishecome 1 i"become ibecome " he-come he come hecome - Jeep root rnotcil rooted ell in tlie thE ' state stnte how however however however ever nnl nnc1 anon ' " when "hen hen safety requirement requirement'nre requirementnre " ' ' ' nre are fulfilled full1lIed the thl . , spans nre are not r rc rcplaced repliccd < . phced placed unle unless s tlie the e expense espense pense c connected connectedwlth connectedwith nnetted nnettedlth \\lth lth wlth \ ' necessary nccc nece " iry 1ry repins rep111S repaus or m'llnte mllnte mainle mainlenonce m'llntenance miintcnance ' nance nonce becomes prohibitive prohlbitl.e prohlbitle . or loc'l locl iota iotation loc'ltIon locition ' tIon or ( lesIbll tesin 'esi esi ' , ii ciuce C'1.U"e C1.Ue C1Ue cause ' . " tnffic tr'1ffit tr1ffit traffic ' h1/1rds h1 1rds hvircls h11rds11Ich hvirclswhich hi/miswhich hi miswhich / \\11Ich 11Ich which \ ' cinnnt C1nnot cannot be remedied rI1e1l1ell rI1e1l1ellAn remediedAn ( ' ! . An Impirtint hnp1rt'lnt hnp1rtlnt impartant ' mo move mole , e to11 tow to\\ to tot \ 11 nd mid d the thepI theptesetuttion thepieseivntion pI ptesetuttion esen ntlOn of tht thl the . . bridges brIlh.es brIlhes bridtes . , . " wis was 1S madei 1ll1de made 1ll1deIn nndebv In i the Vel Veimont Vermont mont kgislitivc ILgIsl"ltn ILgIslltn Icgisiatrse " e Ilssemblv assembly Ilssemblvthis assemblythis assemblytills this ' veir 'e1r e1r sear nlicn "hen hen when " n a law was emiactel emiactelwhtcl emote en"ltte enltte " I Ivvhicr whtcl \ Iud ' < : specified pellfied thill that the stite sf1te state might mightpn'l mightpay mightp07 pn'l pnl pay ' t two twotliiids " 0 tlill thuds ds the cost of m'lInte mlInte mainte m'lIntennnce maintenance milntennnco ' nnnce nance on ; stite ct'lte ctlte state ' aid roids roads r01 s . . Although there Is distinctive dlrtln'Ue dlrtlnUe ; ( ' , at attr'1cth a a'tnctlvenc&s atnctlvencs ' tr'1cth tr1cth tractisenesc ' ene & e : ; to the co covered cosered , erell bridges bridgestrnfilc bridgestraffic bridgestraftic trnfilc traffic exports e\perts e perts experts \ now nosv declare tl tI it 11 tt their theirda theirdays theirda days da s nre ore are numbeied nunibeied numbel ed According to tounomcIal tounofficial tounofficial unomcIal unofficial Dgures figures motor tnvel tl'lpl tllpl ttasel ' , In Ver Vermont Vermoot Vcrmont mont moot this yeir ye"lr yelr year " has tins cstiblished est1blIshed established a new newpenl newpeak newpeak penl\ penl peak penland \ . . , and an Iln Inoreising Inc.re'1.c.mg Incre1c.mg Incre1cmg increasing . ' . : . Interest bas has basbeen hasbeen hasbeen been evinced eunced e ' mced bi b3 b motor vicatlonlst 'lcaUonIste lcaUonIste sacationlsts \ ' " : ; 'thronghont thronghont ' throughout the n1 mtlon nation t10n to tour thr the theGreen thoGreen > Green rroiint rrount mount iln Iin tin terrltOi terrltoly terrltoty y Wit Witli 1'itlm 1itlm ' h tlH'l tlHl there therefacts tlic.vfaLts tlicvfaLts ' ' ' . ' fnlts facts li It mind road binldt-rs binldt rs bllllllLrs butidcrs - tmve have as asserted assorted aascrted serted sorted that thnl In order to mt meet > H e\ e er eser emounting esermounting evermounting \ ( > r mounting trnfTic trnlTlc trnflic ( ' conditions 'onl1ltlons onl1ltlons nnin m"lln mlln main " line Ilnr linecovered Ilnrcovered linfcovered covered bridges will hive hase h'1 h1 ' \ e to be bp re rerlll replaced replacpd rlll placed ( ( > 11 In tn the futile fntlle Yd Yo Yc1 Ih there re \ + willb i \ 111 ill 111b illb b , . ' ' " a greit gre'll grell greet ' nnnv nI\nv nI nv manv ' \ on seconi'iry seconiiry sec.ont'1ry sec.ont1ry secont1ry seconi'ary seconiary . ' nnr nn nniltown ' ] ) to town " n olds 10111s toads i \ which whlcb hch [ \ will dill 1I1 continue cOllrlnnc to tosupport tosupport . snpporl support tnnic tr1t11c trifle and \ which hch [ will be Ire pre IresE'Hd prese ( [ > rese"vcd resevcd i Irei I erI se sE'Hd sEHd " " ' scd as lon Ion Ion/ Ion Ionaq / , { , , ai aq av possible poeslble : ; . . . 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