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A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. [1]
Examples of truss construction on covered bridges include Howe, Town Lattice, Queen-post, King-post, Haupt, Burr, Brown and Pratt. Of the existing historic covered bridges in Alabama, the Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge and the Old Union Crossing Covered Bridge are classified as non-authentic based on their current construction.
This 86.5-foot-long (26.4 m), 18.66-foot-wide (5.69 m), Howe truss bridge was built in 1855. It was renovated by the Works Progress Administration in 1939, and by the city of Philadelphia in 2000. [2] It is the only remaining covered bridge in Philadelphia and is the only covered bridge in a major US city.
The Hartland Covered Bridge (French: Pont couvert de Hartland) or Hartland Bridge is the world's longest covered bridge at 1,282 feet (391 m) in length. Located in New Brunswick , Canada , the bridge crosses the Saint John River , joining the Carleton County communities of Hartland and Somerville .
Name Image County Location Built Length Crosses Ownership Truss Notes Ashland Covered Bridge [1]: New Castle: Ashland: ca. 1860: 52 feet (16 m) Red Clay Creek
The bridge is the only remaining covered bridge in Ontario and the second oldest surviving bridge in the Region of Waterloo. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] (In 2015, the total number of surviving covered bridges in Canada was below 200.) [ 3 ] John Bear, who had previously built barns, built the bridge in 1880–1881, mostly of oak and white pine.
Sarvis Fork Covered Bridge aka "Sandy Creek Covered Bridge" and "New Era Covered Bridge" Sandyville, Jackson County: 1889, 2000 [4] 101 feet (31 m) Left Fork Sandy Creek Long truss: Simpson Creek Covered Bridge aka "Hollens Mill Covered Bridge" Bridgeport, Harrison County: 1881 74 feet (23 m) Simpson Creek Multiple king post: Staats Mill ...
The only arched covered bridge remaining in the United States. Jack's Creek: Patrick: Woolwine: 1914 48 Smith River: Only historic covered bridge remaining in Patrick County. Link Farm: Giles: Newport: 1912 49 Sinking Creek: Narrowest covered bridge in Virginia at 12 feet (3.7 m) wide. Privately owned. Meems Bottom: Shenandoah: Mount Jackson ...