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A covered bridge is a timber-
truss bridge A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...
with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered wooden bridges typically have a lifespan of only 20 years because of the effects of rain and sun, but a covered bridge could last over 100 years. In the United States, only about 1 in 10 survived the 20th century. The relatively small number of surviving bridges is due to deliberate replacement, neglect, and the high cost of restoration.


European and North American truss bridges

Typically, covered bridges are structures with longitudinal timber-trusses which form the bridge's backbone. Some were built as railway bridges, using very heavy timbers and doubled up lattice work. In Canada and the U.S., numerous timber covered bridges were built in the late 1700s to the late 1800s, reminiscent of earlier designs in
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and
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. They tend to be in isolated places, making them vulnerable to vandalism and arson.


Europe

The oldest surviving truss bridge in the world is the
Kapellbrücke 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, the bridge is unique in containing a number ...
in Switzerland, first built in the 1300s. Modern-style timber truss bridges were pioneered in
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
in the mid-1700s. Germany has 70 surviving historic wooden covered bridges. *The Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen spans the river
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from
Bad Säckingen Bad Säckingen ( High Alemannic: ''Bad Säckinge'') is a rural town in the administrative district of Waldshut in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is famous as the "Trumpeteer's City" because of the book ''Der Trompeter von Säckin ...
, Germany, to Stein, Switzerland. It was first built before 1272, and has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. * Switzerland has many timber covered bridges, including Kapellbrücke,
Spreuer Bridge The Spreuer Bridge (german: Spreuerbrücke, formerly also ''Mühlenbrücke'') is one of two extant covered wooden footbridges in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland. Besides the other preserved bridge, the Kapellbrücke, a third bridge of this typ ...
, and
Neubrügg The Neubrügg or Neubrücke ( en, New Bridge) is a covered wooden bridge over the river Aare between the village of Kirchlindach and Bern in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. History The ...
. * The
Ponte Coperto The Ponte Coperto ("Covered Bridge") or the Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a stone and brick arch bridge over the Ticino River in Pavia, Italy. The previous bridge, dating from 1354 (itself a replacement for a Roman construction), was heavily ...
in
Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...
is a stone and brick arch bridge over the
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River in Pavia, Italy.The previous bridge, dating from 1354 (itself a replacement for a
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construction), was heavily damaged by
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action in 1945. A debate on whether to fix or replace the bridge ended when the bridge partially collapsed in 1947, requiring new construction, which began in 1949.


North America

Most bridges were built to cross streams, and the majority had just a single
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. Virtually all contained a single lane. A few two-lane bridges were built, having a third, central truss. Many different truss designs were used. One of the most popular designs was the
Burr Truss The Burr Arch Truss—or, simply, Burr Truss or Burr Arch—is a combination of an arch and a ''multiple kingpost'' truss design. It was invented in 1804 by Theodore Burr, patented on April 3, 1817, and used in bridges, usually covered bridge ...
, patented in 1817, which used an arch to bear the load, while the trusses kept the bridge rigid. Other designs included the
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, and
Howe truss A Howe truss is a truss bridge consisting of chords, verticals, and diagonals whose vertical members are in tension and whose diagonal members are in compression. The Howe truss was invented by William Howe in 1840, and was widely used as a bridg ...
es. Early trusses were designed with only a rough understanding of the engineering dynamics at work. In 1847, American engineer
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published the first correct analysis of the precise ways that a load is carried through the components of a truss, which enabled him to design stronger bridges with fewer materials.


United States

About 14,000 covered bridges have been built in the United States, mostly in the years 1825 to 1875. The first documented was the ''Permanent Bridge'', completed in 1805 to span the
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. However, most other early examples of covered bridges do not appear until the 1820s. Extant bridges from that decade include New York's Hyde Hall Bridge and
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's
Hassenplug Bridge The Hassenplug Bridge is an historic wooden covered bridge which is located in Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. The oldest covered bridge in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the American state with the most covered bridges), it is also ...
, both built in 1825, and the
Haverhill–Bath Covered Bridge The Haverhill–Bath Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge over the Ammonoosuc River joining Bath and Woodsville, New Hampshire. Formerly used to carry New Hampshire Route 135, the bridge was idled in 1999. Restored in 2004, it is now open ...
and the Roberts Covered Bridge, in
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and
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respectively, both built in 1829. The longest covered bridge ever built was constructed in 1814 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and spanned over a mile in length, but was destroyed by ice and flooding in 1832. 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. In the mid-1800s, the development of cheaper
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led to metal rather than timber trusses. Metal structures did not need protection from the elements, so they no longer needed to be covered. The bridges also became obsolete because most were single-lane, had low width and height clearances, and could not support the heavy loads of modern traffic. , there were about 750 left, mostly in eastern and northern states. The 2021
World Guide to Covered Bridges The World Guide to Covered Bridges is published by the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges (NSPCB). It uses a covered bridge numbering system developed by John Diehl, the chairman of the Ohio Covered Bridge Committee. The comm ...
lists 840 covered bridges, although it states that only 670 of those were standing when the 1959 edition was published.


Canada

Between 1969 and 2015, the number of surviving covered bridges in Canada declined from about 400 to under 200. In 1900,
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had an estimated 1,000 covered bridges. Relative to the rest of North America, Quebec was late in building covered bridges, with the busiest decade for construction being the 1930s. Initially, the designs were varied, but around 1905, the design was standardised to the ''Town québécois'', a variant on the
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truss patented by
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in 1820. The designer is unknown. About 500 of these were built in the first half of the 1900s. They were often built by local settlers using local materials, according to standard plans. The last agricultural colony was founded in 1948, and the last bridge was built by the Ministry of Colonisation in 1958 in
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. There are now 82 covered bridges in Quebec,
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including the
Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge is a covered bridge in the Township of Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Quebec, Canada, that crosses the Coulonge River near Fort-Coulonge. Constructed in 1898, this 148.66-metre-long bridge is the longest covered bridg ...
, the province's longest covered bridge. In Quebec covered bridges were sometimes known as ''pont rouges'' (red bridges) because of their typical colour. Like Quebec, New Brunswick continued to build covered bridges into the 1950s, peaking at about 400 covered bridges. These mostly used the Howe, Town, and Burr trusses. Today, there are 58 covered bridges in New Brunswick, including the world's longest, the
Hartland Bridge The Hartland Covered Bridge in Hartland, New Brunswick, is the world's longest covered bridge, at long. It crosses the Saint John River from Hartland to Somerville, New Brunswick, Canada. The framework consists of seven small Howe Truss bri ...
. Ontario has just one remaining covered bridge, the
West Montrose Covered Bridge West Montrose Covered Bridge, also known as the "Kissing Bridge", is a covered bridge in West Montrose, Ontario, within Waterloo Region, one of the oldest covered bridges in Canada.
.


Roofed bridges

Roofed, rather than covered bridges, have existed for centuries in southern Europe and Asia. In these cases, the cover is to protect the users of the bridge rather than the structure. Examples include: * The Pont de Rohan in
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, France, and the
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in
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are two of 45 inhabited bridges in Europe. * A tubular bridge is a bridge built as a rigid box girder section within which the traffic is carried. Examples include the
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and the
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in the United Kingdom. * A
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is a type of urban
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consisting of an enclosed or covered
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between two buildings, designed to protect pedestrians from the weather. For example, the
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in Cambridge, and Oxford's
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and
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. * A
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is an enclosed,
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which extends from an
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to an
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, allowing passengers to board and disembark without having to go outside. * Some stone arch bridges are covered to protect pedestrians or as a decoration—as with the Italian
Ponte Coperto The Ponte Coperto ("Covered Bridge") or the Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a stone and brick arch bridge over the Ticino River in Pavia, Italy. The previous bridge, dating from 1354 (itself a replacement for a Roman construction), was heavily ...
and
Rialto Bridge The Rialto Bridge ( it, Ponte di Rialto; vec, Ponte de Rialto) is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Connecting the ' (districts) of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its fi ...
, and the Chùa Cầu (the Japanese Bridge; see Gallery below) in Vietnam. * In China ''lángqiáo'' ( 廊桥) covered bridges are found in
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, including the
Chengyang Bridge The Yongji Bridge of Chengyang (), also called the Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge (), is a bridge in Sanjiang County, of Guangxi, China. Chengyang Bridge is a special covered bridge or ''lángqiáo'', and one of several ''Fengyu'' bridges in t ...
and the
Xijin Bridge Xijin Bridge (), is an ancient Chinese covered bridge or ''lángqiáo'' ( 廊桥) located in Yongkang, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. It is the largest covered bridge in Zhejiang Province, and one of the largest in China. History The bridge w ...
. These are pier and girder bridges, not truss bridges. The Chùa Cầu bridge is found in
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. * In Europe there are also bridges built not strictly for transport, for example the
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Bridge in the Czech Republic, the Lovech Covered Bridge in Bulgaria, and the
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in Italy.


In fiction

In addition to being practical, covered bridges were popular venues for a variety of social activities and are an enduring cultural icon; for example: * The 1992 novel, ''
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'', featured the Cedar Covered Bridge, which has since been burnt by arson in 2002, replaced with a replica, and burnt by arson again in 2017. * The
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story "
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" * Plot points in the 1988 comedy films ''
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'' and '' Funny Farm'' refer to them. * The
Diehls Covered Bridge The Diehls Covered Bridge, also known as Turner's Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Harrison Township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It is a , Burr Truss bridge with a shallow gable roof, constructed in 1892. It crosses th ...
in Pennsylvania is featured in the opening scenes of the 1980s anthology horror television series ''
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'', created by
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. *The Joe Hill's novel '' NOS4A2'' features a character that utilizes a covered bridge called the "Shorter Way" as a portal to travel instantly across vast distances. * A covered bridge is also used as a portal between two worlds in
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's horror film ''
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'' (1994). * A covered bridge is the focus of two mystery stories in the collection All But Impossible by
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.


Gallery

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West Dummerston Covered Bridge The West Dummerston Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge spanning the West River in Dummerston, Vermont, between Vermont Route 30 and Camp Arden Road. Built in 1872, it is at the longest covered bridge entirely within the state of Vermont. ...
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Hartland Bridge The Hartland Covered Bridge in Hartland, New Brunswick, is the world's longest covered bridge, at long. It crosses the Saint John River from Hartland to Somerville, New Brunswick, Canada. The framework consists of seven small Howe Truss bri ...
in New Brunswick is the longest covered bridge in the world. File:Pont_Ducharme_-_La_Bostonnais.jpg, File:程阳永济桥3 (cropped).jpg,
Chengyang Bridge The Yongji Bridge of Chengyang (), also called the Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge (), is a bridge in Sanjiang County, of Guangxi, China. Chengyang Bridge is a special covered bridge or ''lángqiáo'', and one of several ''Fengyu'' bridges in t ...
in
Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...
, China File:Covered_Bridge_Shouning_County.jpg,
Shouning County Shouning County (; Foochow Romanized: Sêu-nìng-gâing) is a small county located in the northeast of Fujian province of People's Republic of China, bordering Zhejiang province to the northeast. It is under the jurisdiction of Ningde City, An E ...
, China File:20160807-Pavia-002.jpg,
Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...
,
Ponte Coperto The Ponte Coperto ("Covered Bridge") or the Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a stone and brick arch bridge over the Ticino River in Pavia, Italy. The previous bridge, dating from 1354 (itself a replacement for a Roman construction), was heavily ...


See also

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Architectural structure Architectural engineers apply and theoretical knowledge to the engineering design of buildings and building systems. The goal is to engineer high performance buildings that are sustainable, economically viable and ensure the safety health. Archi ...
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List of nonbuilding structure types A nonbuilding structure, also referred to simply as a structure, refers to any body or system of connected parts used to support a load that was not designed for continuous human occupancy. The term is used by architects, structural engi ...
* List of bridges with buildings


References


External links


Covered Bridge Map
an interactive map showing locations of covered bridges in the United States and Canada. However, the data is only current as of the archive date. {{Bridge footer Bridges by structural type