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The World Guide to Covered Bridges is published by the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges (NSPCB). [1] It uses a covered bridge numbering system developed by John Diehl, the chairman of the Ohio Covered Bridge Committee. The committee first used the numbering system in 1953 to publish a list of covered bridges in Ohio. [2]
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
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] The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather.
A report by the U.S. Department of the Interior states that the Bridgeport Covered Bridge (HAER No. CA-41) has clear spans of 210 feet (64 m) on one side and 208 feet (63 m) on the other, while Blenheim Bridge (HAER No. NY-331) had a documented clear span of 210 feet (64 m) in the middle (1936 HABS drawings). In August 2003, measurements of ...
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.
Only bridge in the US using this design [6] Pisgah Community Covered Bridge [1] Randolph: Pisgah: ca. 1910: 51 feet (16 m) Upper branch of the Little River Private: Modified queen: Will Henry Stevens Covered Bridge [7]: 61 Macon: Highlands
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King's Mill Covered Bridge [3] Richland: Marion: 2016 Over the Olentangy River; also called St. James Road Covered Bridge Lockport Covered Bridge: Lockport Williams: 1999 Lynchburg Covered Bridge: Lynchburg: Highland and Clinton: 1870 Spans the east fork of the Little Miami River: Maple Highlands Trail Covered Bridge [3] Middlefield: Geauga: 2013