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The Humpback Covered Bridge located in the U.S. state of Virginia, is one of the few remaining covered bridges in the United States that was built higher in the middle than on either end; hence the name of "humpback". The bridge was built in 1857 and is also the oldest remaining covered bridge in the state of Virginia. Its WGCB number is 46-03 ...
Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River: Bridge was destroyed by a flood. Gable: Blount: Blountsville: N/A 240 Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River: Bridge no longer extant. Garden City: Cullman: Garden City: 1891 280 Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River: Bridge burned down on October 12, 1951. Gay: Cullman: Pleasant Grove: 1898 123 ...
The observance of Groundhog Day in the United States first occurred in German communities in Pennsylvania, according to known records. The earliest mention of Groundhog Day is an entry on February 2, 1840, in the diary of James L. Morris of Morgantown, in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, according to the book on the subject by Don Yoder. This was a ...
Celebrate Groundhog Day with this collection of funny Groundhog Day jokes and corny puns that'll have kids, adults and the rest of the family in stitches. 36 Groundhog Day jokes that are ...
The bridge has strong associations with the American Civil War, especially the Battle of Philippi (1861). The Philippi Covered Bridge is the oldest [3] and longest covered bridge in West Virginia and one of only two remaining in Barbour County. It is also the only covered bridge on the United States Numbered Highway System (as part of U.S ...
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.
[1] [2] Measuring the clear span (abutment face to abutment face) of 431 feet 10 inches (131.62 m), [3] the Medora Covered Bridge is the longest historic covered bridge in the United States. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The roof length of 461 feet (141 m) [ 6 ] and the siding at the floor length of 459 feet (140 m) [ 7 ] are also the longest historic covered ...
Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 137th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Thursday ...