Below is a list of covered bridges in Illinois. There are nine authentic
covered bridges in the
U.S. state of
Illinois. Five of them are historic.
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.
Bridges
See also
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List of covered bridges in the United States
This is a list of all covered bridge
A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge 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 m ...
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World Guide to Covered Bridges
References
External links
National Society for the Preservation of Covered BridgesOnly in Your Statearticle about the state's covered bridges
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Illinois
covered bridges
Bridges, covered