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The 2021 World Guide to Covered Bridges lists 840 covered bridges in the U.S., although it states that only 670 of those were standing when the 1959 edition was published. [20] The tallest (35 feet high), built in 1892, is the Felton Covered Bridge, just north of Santa Cruz, California. [18]
In the early 1800s, the first covered bridge in the United States was constructed by Timothy Palmer crossing the Schuylkill River at 30th Street in Philadelphia. [2] This new bridge type, wooden with a covered span, was developed because traditional European methods, typically stone bridges, were not appropriate for the harsh Pennsylvania winters.
Pennsylvania's Historic Bridges: Connecting our Past and Future, 23:33, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania . [ 1 ]
Our second installment introduced three more covered bridges, ... most of which were built in the mid to late 1800s and continued to accommodate traffic well into the 20th century.
New Jersey had up to 35 covered bridges at its peak; many that were destroyed or damaged in various major floods are rebuilt as metal truss bridges. [6] Today, two covered bridges remain: Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge (19th century) and Scarborough Bridge (1959). [6] U.S. New York: Twenty-four historic covered bridges identified by New York ...
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
In the early to late 1800s there were approximately 1,500 covered bridges in the state of Pennsylvania. That number has decreased to just over 200 bridges, with more located in Lancaster County than any other county in the state. [5]
Higginsville Road Bridges: 1889, 1890, 1893 2000-08-10 Hillsborough: Somerset: Truss: Holland Tunnel: 1920, 1927 1993-11-04 Jersey City: Hudson: Cast iron tunnel: Hollow Brook Road Bridge over tributary of the Lamington River: c. 1880: 2002-12-12