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There are five authentic covered bridges in the U.S. state of Wisconsin; only one of them is historic. [1] A covered bridge is considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction. An authentic bridge is constructed using trusses rather than other methods such as stringers, a popular choice for non-authentic covered bridges.
WI-82: Main Street Bridge Replaced Strauss bascule: 1923 1995 US 141 (Main Street) Fox River: Green Bay: Brown: WI-92: Bridge Street Bridge Replaced Pratt truss: 1888 1996 Bridge Street Milwaukee River: Grafton: Ozaukee
Between 1969 and 2015, the number of surviving covered bridges in Canada declined from about 400 to under 200. [21] In 1900, Quebec had an estimated 1,000 covered bridges. [22] Relative to the rest of North America, Quebec was late in building covered bridges, with the busiest decade for construction being the 1930s. [23]
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Kurtz's covered bridge was first constructed in 1876. It spans 94 feet long, this covered bridge once spanned the Conestoga River. But after the Flood of 72, it was moved to its present location across the Mill Creek in the Lancaster County Central Park and it was last rebuilt there in 1975.
The bridges of Madison County, Iowa, were made famous by a book and a Meryl Streep/Clint Eastwood film. Weakened by old age, the bridges need repairs. What to know about the famous covered bridges ...
A county-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the Little Conestoga #1 Bridge. [1] The bridge, built in 1873 by Elias McMellen, is today surrounded by a development, shopping center, and highways on the boundary of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. [2] At 53 feet (16 m), it is the shortest covered bridge in the county. [3]
James C. Carpenter was an American covered bridge builder in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.He is known to have built nine covered bridges, five of which still exist. Two of his bridges, Herr's Mill Covered Bridge and Colemanville Covered Bridge, are among the longest covered bridges remaining in the county.