Vermont Roads - VT 73
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If Ben and Jerry were roadgeeks, this would be the cover of their ice cream pints. There are a few of these old square shields on the route, the earliest generation that you can still find in the wild. If you only like signs, click for a closeup and realize your life can be more fulfilling.
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WB up to Hemenway Hill Rd. The circle shields don't age as well as the older squares.
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The intervening generation of larger square shields ages worst of all. You can barely make out that this is VT 73A, but that's okay because 73A has been decommissioned to a town road, Mt. Independence Rd. The LGS in the last photo shows that VT 73 itself is also town-maintained, so it didn't take much to decommission it.
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This is the first photo of a Vermont historic reference sign where I noticed the arrow at the bottom of the sign. Turns out it's actually a common element, but I'm not going through my Vermont photo inventory to check just how common.
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Sudbury Congregational Church, on VT 73/VT 30 at Huff Pond Rd., and heading east on VT 73 alone.
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EB in Brandon, birthplace of Stephen A. Douglas.
Leaving US 7.
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While in Brandon, check out the Sanderson Bridge on Pearl St., a short distance south of VT 73 where it meets US 7.
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Traveling south across the town lattice truss bridge, ending with a view north along Otter Creek.
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Back north toward VT 73.
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EB leaving Brandon, first photo at Marble St.
Onto former VT 73A
Onto US 7
Onto VT 53
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