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Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River: Bridge no longer extant. Big Bear Creek: Colbert: Allsboro: mid-19th Century N/A Big Bear Creek: Bridge no longer extant. Blount Springs: Blount: Blount Springs: 1931 N/A Murphy Creek: Bridge no longer extant. Bolte: Cullman: Bolte: N/A N/A Brindley Creek: Bridge was destroyed by a tornado on March 21 ...
The longest, historical covered bridges remaining in the United States are the Cornish–Windsor Bridge, spanning the Connecticut River between New Hampshire and Vermont, and Medora Bridge, spanning the East Fork of the White River in Indiana. Both lay some claim to the superlative depending upon how the length is measured.
The Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland.Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, [1] the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in ...
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.
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. Many of the bridges were named for pioneer families residing near the bridges. [2] Some people call Pennsylvania the "Covered Bridge Capital of the Nation". [2]
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Below is a list of covered bridges in Iowa. There are nine authentic covered bridges in the U.S. state of Iowa, though two halves of one bridge reside in different locations. [1] Six of them are historic. A covered bridge is considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction.
Covered bridges are timber-truss bridges with a roof and siding which, in most covered bridges, create an almost complete enclosure. [1]The purpose of the covering is to keep snow from accumulating—winter snow accumulation could easily collapse a bridge, and the steep roof would tend to shed snow to either side.