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	Covered bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Covered bridges are generally considered old-fashioned, and appeal to tourists, but the purpose is twofold: (1) covered bridges appear similar to barns and it is easier to transport cattle across them without startling them, and (2) to build a structure for weather protection over the working part of the bridge.
		Modern covered bridges are usually for pedestrians, for example to walk from one part of an office building to another part, to cross railway tracks at a station, or in a shopping center on an elevated level, crossing a road.
		Also, some highway bridges, such as the George Washington Bridge, have lower decks for additional capacity, and those decks, while generally open on the sides, can be enclosed with plastic from time to time during construction, thus rendering the lower decks as partially covered bridges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Covered_bridge (1096 words)

	Bucher's Mill Covered Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bucher's Mill Covered Bridge or Butcher's Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans Cocalico Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
		After the Landis Mill Covered Bridge, it is the second shortest covered bridge in the county.
		A year later, in 1882, the bridge was damaged heavily in a flood and was rebuilt by McMellen for $1025.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bucher's_Mill_Covered_Bridge (325 words)

	Baumgardener's Covered Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baumgardener's Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans Pequea Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
		The Baumgardener's Covered Bridge was built in 1860 by Davis Kitch at a cost of $1284.
		During the restoration process, which cost $200,000, the bridge was raised by 4 ft (1.2 m) and lengthened by 9 ft (3 m) to protect it from damage in potential future flooding.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baumgardener%27s_Covered_Bridge (316 words)

	Title page
		Covered wood truss bridges of New York State are significant as these structures reflect the history and development of settlement patterns, communities and land-based transportation in new York.
		The open timber truss bridge remained an inexpensive and popular form for farm bridges and crossings on minor roads until the early twentieth century, when it was supplanted by the metal span.
		The Copeland Covered Bridge (1879), a farmer's bridge in rural Saratoga County, is an extant example of a covered Queenpost truss bridge remaining in New York.
	www.nycoveredbridges.org /page6.html (1217 words)

	Lehigh Valley Covered Bridge Tour
		Some bridges were the work of people in the area helping out a new neighbor, in much the same way as they held barn raisings to assist a new family.
		The roadbeds of the bridges usually consist of double planks of wood, and the parapets are stone.
		Ghosts and robbers were also reputed to linger inside the bridges, and their presence explained the strange noises that sometimes emanated from the bridges at night.
	www.lehighvalleypa.org /default.aspx?pageid=89 (594 words)

	Mansfield Covered Bridge dot com \|\| Mansfield, Indiana
		It is the longest covered bridge in Parke County, spanning 247 feet.
		The bridge is Burr Arch Construction and was built by Joseph J. Daniels using native sandstone in the structure.
		The bridge is covered to protect the interior of the bridge from the elements.
	www.mansfieldcoveredbridge.com /covered_bridges.php (244 words)

	Covered Bridges - Tennessee Department of Transportation
		Covered bridges create a charm and mystique that attracts the old and young alike.
		For example, in 1959 the state erected a covered bridge in the Davy Crockett State Park in Lawrenceburg in Lawrence County.
		The bridge spanned the stream flowing from the reconstructed dam and mill at the park.
	www.tdot.state.tn.us /bridges/default.htm (230 words)

	Vermont's Covered Bridges, Vermont, Tours, History, Trusses
		The Shelburne Museum bridge was a two lane bridge with a gate and a covered walkway.
		We used many techniques to build the bridges and the bridge was constructed in multiple kingpost with a burr arch.
		Using a scale of 1:24, they drew the floor system from underneath the bridge, the truss used to support the bridge drawn from inside the bridge, the exterior side of the bridge, the portal opening, and the ceiling framework drawn looking up while standing on the bridge.
	www.vermontbridges.com /abraham.htm (1710 words)

	Warren Covered Bridge
		The Warren Covered Bridge is the only bridge to remain in the town of Warren.
		Combined with other surviving bridges in the area, the Warren bridge reflects the widespread construction of covered bridges on Vermont's public highways from around 1820 to 1904, one of the highlights in Vermont's transportation history.
		Covered bridges were roofed and enclosed to protect the wooden structural elements from the weather, which in Vermont can be quite harsh.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/centralvermont/cv2.htm (357 words)

	Oregon Covered Bridge
		The Currin Bridge, named for an early pioneer family in the area, is sometimes referred to as the Row River Bridge because of the Stream it crosses.
		The Pass Creek covered bridge is one of 51 existing truss spans in the state.
		The Wendling Covered Bridge is one of four covered bridges built by Lane County in 1938.
	www.all-oregon.com /covered_bridges.htm (2556 words)

	Zumbrota Covered Bridge & Park
		As initially constructed, the bridge was built with white-pine timbers used for the structural supports and the floor, and the planks were pinned together with turned white-oak dowels.
		In 1932, when the covered bridge was replaced by the Minnesota Highway Department with a steel bridge that could handle the increased traffic, it was moved to the nearby Goodhue County Fairgrounds for preservation purposes.
		Repainted red and reroofed with cedar shingles, the bridge was moved to the Zumbrota Covered Bridge Park in 1970.
	www.zumbrota.com /bridge.htm (909 words)

	A Guide to Covered Bridges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Covered bridges were constructed to withstand heavy rains and salty sea air.
		Covered bridges are similar in design to steel truss bridges, however, the shortage of steel during World War I contributed to the need to use wood as bridge building material.
		As early as 1918, plans for covered bridges had become standardized to include open windows for light and ventilation together with such features as laminated floors and interior whitewashing.
	www.co.lane.or.us /about/bridges.htm (215 words)

	Ozaukee County Wisconsin - HISTORY OF THE COVERED BRIDGE (last covered bridge in Wisconsin
		Today the sole survivor is the Cedarburg bridge, originally known as the "Red Bridge", located three miles north of the City of Cedarburg and 20 miles north of Milwaukee near the junction of Highways 60 and 143 on the Covered Bridge Road.
		Suddenly realizing-that tractors were strictly prohibited, turned around, recrossed the bridge, and splashed his way back through the creek, confident that his wrong had been righted.
		This bridge was built by the Town of Cedarburg on petition of neighboring farmers to replace periodically washed out bridges.
	www.co.ozaukee.wi.us /history/bridge.html (554 words)

	Covered Bridges
		Covered bridges complement autumn leaves and autumn emotions.
		Photogenic and often remote from the Interstate Highways and cities of the twentieth century, covered bridges lure the explorer to find the little streams and dirt roads that the twentieth century has almost passed by.
		These documents are a guide to the old covered bridges of Southeastern Pennsylvania and nearby areas, that is, the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Philadelphia, and nearby New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware State.
	william-king.www.drexel.edu /top/bridge/CB1.html (255 words)

	Bollinger Mill State Historic Site - Burfordville Covered Bridge - Missouri State Parks and Historic Sites, MoDNR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Missouri's surviving covered bridges serve as a reminder of simpler times, when journeys down life's road, or any road, were taken at a slower pace.
		An estimated 30 covered bridges spanned Missouri's rivers and creeks from the 1820s to the end of the century.
		Burfordville Covered Bridge is the oldest remaining covered bridge in Missouri.
	www.mostateparks.com /bollinger/burfordvillebridge.htm (681 words)

	Bridgeport
		Built in 1862, at 251 feet, it is the longest single span covered bridge in the United States.
		Today the bridge is rated at 3 tons because of the age of the timber.
		The Bridgeport Covered Bridge was acquired by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in 1986, and is now the centerpiece of the South Yuba River State Park.
	www.ncgold.com /Museums_Parks/syrp/Bridgeport (435 words)

	Thomaston-Upson Chamber of Commerce/Covered Bridge
		Portions of the original bridge were recovered after the flood waters receded, and a nationally renowned covered-bridge craftsman was hired to reconstruct the bridge in the early spring of 1997.
		The area surrounding the covered bridge was among the earliest-settled in Upson County and was once known as Blountsville.
		The area name was later changed to Hootenville for the family that ran a nearby ferry, with the covered bridge also being known by this name.
	www.thomastonchamber.com /coveredbridge.asp (303 words)

	West Michigan Covered Bridges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Covered Bridge of Reed City is an attractive addition to the White Pines Trail Linear State Park, which extends from Grand Rapids to Cadillac.
		The Bridge is a quarter mile from the Crossroads, the intersection of the White Pines Trail and the Pere Marquette Trail.
		The Covered Bridge of Reed City is a quarter mile from the "Crossroads" of the trails.
	www.wmta.org /coveredbridges/reedcity_bridge.html (453 words)

	Coburn Covered Bridge
		It reflects the widespread construction of covered bridges on Vermont's public highways from around 1820 to 1904, one of the highlights in Vermont's transportation history.
		Coburn gave the bridge to the town in exchange for changing the path of the town road to pass by his house.
		Coburn Covered Bridge spans the Winooski river on Coburn Rd., east of Rt.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/centralvermont/cv35.htm (323 words)

	Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge
		The Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge (Cornish Mills Bridge) is an excellent example of a multiple Kingpost Truss type all wood covered bridge.
		It consists of a single span with an exterior length of 81 feet, and exterior width of 16 1/2 feet; the deck (roadway) is 79 feet long and 14 1/2 feet wide.
		The original dry-laid stone abutment remains at the south end of the bridge; a similar abutment at the north end was replaced with concrete in 1954.
	www.crjc.org /heritage/N08-7.htm (321 words)

	CORNISH-WINDSOR BRIDGE - New Hampshire Covered Bridges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The structure was purchased by the state in 1936 and operated it as a toll bridge until June 1, 1943.
		The bridge was reconstructed by the state in 1989 at a cost of $4,450,000 and was opened to traffic on December 8, 1989.
		This is the longest wooden covered bridge in the United States and the longest two-span covered bridge in the world.
	www.nh.gov /nhdhr/bridges/p39.html (267 words)

	Upper Falls Covered Bridge
		The Upper Falls bridge is 120 feet long at the bottom of the trusses, with a gable overhang of 4 feet at each end.
		The Upper Falls Covered Bridge, with its pedimented gables, represents the pervasive influence of the Greek Revival style on rural Vermont building art in the latter 19th century.
		About one hundred bridges still stand in the state, the greatest concentration by area of covered bridges in the country.(1) Many of these bridges are integral parts of unique architectural environments whose physical setting and cultural context have been little altered until recently.
	www.crjc.org /heritage/V08-8.htm (526 words)

	Cedar Covered Bridge, Winterset, Iowa
		Cedar Covered Bridge was one of the six remaining covered bridges of Madison County, Iowa.
		County residents recognized the covered bridges as an important part of their heritage, and began the tradition of a Covered Bridge Festival in 1970.
		The design is based on old blueprints and photos of the original bridge, and the work must be meticulous and as authentic to the original construction methods as possible, as Cedar (and all the covered bridges of Madison County) are on the National Register of Historic Places.
	www.cedarcoveredbridge.com (692 words)

	Covered Bridges of Oregon - DayTrails.com
		Many of these covered bridges are still in use, yet others have decayed into an unusable state of disrepair.
		A few of these covered bridges have been restored for historical preservation and are adjoined with sprawling parks and nature trails.
		Be forewarned, many of these bridges have only a gravel turnout on which to park your car, unless noted there are no facilities near the covered bridges.
	www.daytrails.com /CoveredBridges.html (136 words)

	Columbia County Covered Bridges Association, Inc
		Their purpose is simple: they recognized the historic importance of the covered bridges as a public treasure to be enjoyed and available to the public and the important part they play in tourism.
		The group is comprised of members with one goal in mind - to restore, preserve and protect the covered bridges of Columbia County for historical and recreational purposes.
		These bridges will be the first of the projects to be completed by the Columbia County Covered Bridges Association and will set the ground work for other bridges as they are acquired.
	www.coveredbridges.org (314 words)

	Covered bridge updates
		She talked of going through the bridge at a very young age; how her memories of Milton are always recalled with great fondness for the town and its people.
		The 1997 Approved Milton Covered Bridge Preservation Plan, was "based upon a comprehensive study of a number of alternative sites," according to the Restoration Report on the Restoration of the Milton Covered Bridge, written by Paul Marshall and Associates.
		Because of flood control schemes, the proposition to relocate the bridge to the James River and Kanawha Turnpike crossing of the Mud River was approved by the Town of Milton, the NRCS, the West Virginia Division of Highways and the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office, according to the report.
	www.putnampost.com /bridge.htm (1495 words)

	:: Covered Bridge :: Highland Homes
		Covered Bridge is a private neighborhood located one mile west of Oak Hill on Hwy 71.
		With 15 plans to choose from and affordable pricing Covered Bridge is the place to call home.
		To appreciate all that Covered Bridge has to offer, please visit the community's sales office for a personal tour.
	www.highlandhomes.com /website.nsf/HI/Community-CoveredBridge.html (173 words)

	Josiah Hess Covered Bridge
		Josiah Hess Covered Bridge, Village of Forks, PA The Josiah Hess Covered Bridge is located on Huntington Creek in Fishing Creek Township, Columbia County.
		This bridge is found on Township Route 363 off Township Route 1020 between the village of Forks and Jonestown.
		Joseph Redline constructed the bridge in 1875 at a cost of $1349.50.
	www.coveredbridges.org /hess.html (70 words)

	The Bridges
		The bridges were covered by order of the County Board of Supervisors to help preserve the large flooring timbers, which were more expensive to replace than the lumber used to cover the bridge sides and roof.
		In Robert James Waller's novel The Bridges of Madison County and the movie of the same name, Roseman is the bridge Robert Kincaid seeks when he stops at Francesca Johnson's for directions; it is also where Francesca leaves her note inviting him to dinner.
		The oldest of the remaining covered bridges, Imes was built in 1870 and is 81 feet in length.
	www.madisoncounty.com /bridge.html (546 words)

	Black-Pugh's Mill Covered Bridge
		One of the few remaining covered bridges in southwestern Ohio and the only one in Butler County on its original site, this bridge was built in 1868-1869 to give access to a saw and grist mill owned by James B. Pugh on Four Mile (Tallawanda) Creek.
		One of the longest and most impressive of Ohio's covered bridges, the Black (Pugh's Mill) Bridge was built in 1868-1869 by master builders Bandin, Butin, and Bowman.
		The trusses were then remodeled by replacing some of the wooden diagonals with iron rods to enable the builders to lower the bridge down onto the pier by backing off the nuts on the ends of the rods, thus eliminating the camber and forming two spans instead of one.
	www.graveaddiction.com /pughmill.html (325 words)

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