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The Fobes Road Covered Bridge or Shaunghum Covered Bridge was a 118-foot Town lattice structure that carried Fobes Road over the Grand River in Ashtabula County, Ohio. Built in 1911, the bridge was unique in that it was built without abutments, but rather sat on wooden pilings.
However, in 2011, some folks up in Ashtabula County built the West Liberty Street Covered Bridge over a culvert and claimed that − at 18 feet, four inches − it was the shortest one in the world.
Philippi Covered Bridge (1852) Chenoweth was born, lived and died in Randolph County, Virginia (later West Virginia).In his youth, Chenoweth built churches, houses, sideboards, poster beds, buggies, wagons, a model of a reverse-cutting sawmill, and even made dominoes.
The Hartland Covered Bridge (French: Pont couvert de Hartland) or Hartland Bridge is the world's longest covered bridge at 1,282 feet (391 m) in length. Located in New Brunswick , Canada , the bridge crosses the Saint John River , joining the Carleton County communities of Hartland and Somerville .
Langley Covered Bridge, built in 1877, straddles the St. Joseph River and is the longest covered bridge in the state.
The Baumgardener's Covered Bridge was built in 1860 by Davis Kitch at a cost of $1,284. In 1987 the bridge was restored after it was damaged in a flood the previous year. During this restoration process, which cost $200,000, the bridge was raised by 4 feet (1.2 m) and lengthened by 9 feet (2.7 m) to protect it from damage in potential future floodi
The Anshun Bridge (Chinese: 安顺桥; lit. 'Bridge of the Peaceful and Fluent') is a bridge in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It crosses the Jin River. The covered bridge contains a relatively large restaurant and is a popular eating location in the city.
The Panguil Bay Bridge is a 3.77 km (2.34 mi) extradosed bridge that crosses Panguil Bay. It connects Tangub in Misamis Occidental and Tubod in Lanao del Norte. It is currently the longest water-spanning bridge in Mindanao. It also reduces the travel time between Tangub and Tubod from 2.5 hours to just a few minutes. [4]