Historical Covered Bridges Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By DLiming & Crew on 30-Jan-02. Waypoint GC3676

The well knowned covered Wood Bridge in Aarberg, BE, Switzerland. Built in 1765 over th old Aar. Coords on GPS are not correct - serarching...
All the best for 2006 - and Good luck to waymarking.com

This is the eastern most covered bridge in CT, located in East Hampton. It's the Comstock Bridge and it is right now undergoing a facelift. It was built in 1791 and is 80' in length.

This bridge located just off the Mississippi River has a history of fire, flood and being moved to this show place.
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Thank you for your locationless cache. I am sad that they are going away after tonight. Today is my one year anniversary of Geocaching and I came upon this covered bridge. I know it has been claimed before me. I am asking grace due to being lost for 2 hours, finding this bridge, which is very cool, it's my 1 year anniversary of Geocaching (so I should know better) and I want to say ood bye to as many locationless caches as possible today. HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOD BLESS! Jayel57.

Found this Covered Bridge in Diepoldsau/Switzerland.
It`s the historical Rheinbridge.

Found on a warm winters day....In the parks of Philly

This is the covered bridge in Ada, Michigan. Since I was by myself, the only part of me in the pictures is part of my hand holding the GPS. Read the history of this bridge on the picture of the sign!

Found this old bridge while doing some caching in Georgia.

Right down the street (so to speak) from Bull's Bridge. Cornwall Covered Bridge. Sharon, CT, USA.

N. of Foster Center, Foster Township. RI94 N. 1.1 miles from jct with Killingly Rd. in Foster Center, E. on Central Pike 0.25 miles to the bridge. Replica of an earlier bridge at the same location. arsoned the same year, rebuilt in 1996.

Found at Saint-Côme, Quebec, Canada. Its name is Versailles Bridges.

Here's the Packherd Hill Bridge in Lebanon, NH.
Historical Remarks:
Between 1780 and 1790 an open timber bridge without railings was constructed at this location for Ichabod Packard. The bridge served Mr. Packard's home on the north side of the river and his mill, a combined sawmill and gristmill, located on the south side. According to town records, the bridge was either repaired or replaced in 1804. In 1878, the open timber bridge, which appears to have been a Queenpost truss with the truss work boarded up, as replaced by a new covered bridge. The 1878 bridge was a Howe truss built at a cost of $456.02. It was removed in 1952 and replaced with a Bailey Bridge. The Bailey bridge was replaced by the current bridge, built by Arnold Graton Associates. It was dedicated on September 4, 1991. The Packard Bridge was constructed in a manner which replicates the traditional style of covered bridges. It has not reached the 50 years age criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

located in Swanzey NH it is named Tompson Bridge and was built in 1832.

Location: Büren an der Aare, canton of Bern, Switzerland.

We found this covered bridge in Büren an der Aare, a town in the Swiss canton of Bern. The bridge is 108 metres long and crosses the river Aare. The first bridge in this place was built in the 13th century. Floods and fires have destroyed some of the later bridges.

After being burned in 1798, it was rebuilt in 1821.

It was destroyed again in 1989 in an arson fire. The people who set the bridge on fire have not been caught yet.

The current bridge, which is the ninth one in this place, was built in 1991.

Thanks for the cache!

Sanne & Kiki



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There isnt a need for covered bridges in Arizona, however there is an old one in the local zoo. This covered pedestrian bridge has guided people over the dam at the former Department of Fish and Game fish breeding lake, which predates the zoo. Phoenix, Arizona.

This is the Day Bridge it is located just outside of Prosperity, PA. My buddy Kelly lived just up the hill from this one. I have been over this bridge hundreds of times. I remember when I got my first car - a used 1974 Caddy... I was afraid to take it across this bridge - thought that it might fall in.

That makes kill #177 for us, thanks for the hunt.

TEAM COPYCAT
California, PA

Hi nice idear
Thankx from BumBum

phila. covered bridge over wisahicken creek, only covered bridge inside border of a major city.

This is the Carlton Bridge located in swanzey, NH. I found this one on my way home from Mt Monadnock. TFTC! 2 pictures coming.

We found this lovely covered bridge in Lanaster Country (Amish country) during our visit there over Thanksgiving. What lovely contryside we discovered!

Cheers,

Jessex (UK)

Quebec's Eastern Townships has many covered bridges. I choose this one (located in St-Armand, close to the US border) because he's the oldest (1845) and shortest (50 feet) in Quebec!! Has been builded according to the lattice design patented by Ithiel Town in 1820. There is a cache inside! Thanks for that cache!!

This covered bridge is located on historic Bell Isle. It was built in the late 50's hence its retro type style.

This covered bridge over the river Schussen is near Friedrichshafen West-Germany.
Thanks for the cache
Allgeier01

Covered bridge on Vermont and New Hampshire border. Caching trip this summer

N44° 27.636 W71° 39.205

Small covered bridge in a park near Frederick, MD.

THIS IS A COVERED BRIDGES WE FOUND UP IN NORTHEN WIS.

Nice old unused bridge, it was moved from his original place to a musee.place.

My father and I found the bridge on a geocaching day. The bridge is located in Henderson County, Illinois, near Oquawka. The bridge was built in 1866 and allowed traffic until 1934. In 1982 a flood washed it down stream alittle. A effort was made and money raised to replace the bridge in its original location, but 3.5 feet higher.

The “Neubrügg†(New bridge) is the oldest bridge in canton Bern, Switzerland.
Built in 1535, it crosses the river Aare in the north of the city of Bern, west of the Bremgarten district.
Built (1555) in the same style are the preserved bridges of Gümmenen over the river Saane (N 46° 56.659’ E 007° 14.614’)

This historical covered bridge is locate in Berthierville, Quebec (Canada) and was built in 1886.

To learn more (In french only) : http://collections.ic.gc.ca/rallye/04.htm

Found this little Historic Covered Bridge (1760) in Laubach, Germany

Glueckauf
Die 5 Steinweisen

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Covered bridge in Santiago de Chile, Chile

Bogert's Covered Bridge was built in 1841. Peter Bogert, who came from Germany, built Hunter's Cabin nearby and his decendents built the bridge. It is a Burr-Truss structure, typical in PA.

I founded a historical covered bridge from year 1787 nearby St. Gallen, Switzerland

Ran across this bridge while hunting another cache.

I do not have data as there was no plaque.

Thanks for the cache

The Barrackville Covered Bridge in Barrackville, WV. Been by this bridge many times. There's a NGS benchmark here, too.

This covered bridge is in Bracebridge, Ontario. It's quite large and is covered with lights in the winter time...very pretty to see.

we found this across Pequa creek in Lancaster Pa. The sign inside the bridge says Pequa # 8. TFTC Tombstone

I found this historical bridge. She connect the two countrys Luxembourg and Germany and was build in 1815.

Greeting from Germany Team Uschi Steffi & Mätty & Buffy

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This is the Pulp Mill Bridge in Middlebury, VT. There are 107 functional covered bridges in Vermont ... This one is a main connector in the town.
See http://www.vtonly.com/bridges.htm

Thanks for the cache.

Tom and Chickie

This covered Bridge is found off I-79 North half a mile up Properity Rd. In Penna. It is one of ocer 200 covered bridges found through the State of Penns.

15:45

We found this Bridge before visiting a halloween event and were surprised that no one had logged it yet. It is located in Laach, Ahrtal, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Tim

#736, 7 of 40+ for today found at 9:15 am as MajorT and I make our way to York for the 4th Thursday event.

A little bit of searching goes a long way:
Forry's Mill Bridge is a typical Lancaster County covered bridge with its red sides and white front. It is visible from suburban homes on a West Hempfield hillside not far from Lancaster.

* Length: 103 ft.
* Width: 15 ft.
* Built 1869
* Builder: Elias McMellen
* Truss: Burr
* Stream: Chickie's Creek
* Traffic: yes
* WGCB Number: 38-36-28
* Parking: Pull-off east of bridge on wide shoulder near fenced electrical emplacement.

TFTC!



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Wertz's bridge is the longest single span covered bridge in Pa.It allows Pedestrian to pass over the Tulpehocken Creek.

A replica historical covered bridge in Heritage Park, Cerritos, CA. This is the Charleston Bridge. A wonderful place to take the family as there is much to see and do here. The Geo-Ranger attended a political function here back in the late 80s and hadn't been back since. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane!

I found this bridge on my way to work. It is located in the town of Petroia, Ontario, Canada on the historic grounds of the Petrolia Discovery, one of the first places where oil was discovered in North America. There are still operational oil wells in the area surrounding Petrolia. This bridge was on a road that ran through the area where the oil mansions were located in Petrolia.

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found (in Italy, Tuscany) the ancient bridge covered of "Ponte a Cappiano", constructed in 1500 approximately from Cosimo dei Medici in the same point of one still more ancient on the Way Francigena.
Ciao from nice&bice

This is the Erkskine bridge. Built in 1845, the Erkskine Bridge is the oldest covered bridge remaining in Washington County – and it really is a survivor. It beat back both strip mining and the floods of 1888. The Erskine Bridge (which gets its name from the former owners of the land) is just a tenth of a mile from West Virginia, making it the farthest west of any of Pennsylvania's 215 covered bridges.

Located 20 miles south of Dallas, OR, Ritner Creek Bridge was moved from State Highway 223 to a wayside park in 1976. The bridge has Gothic windows on each side and a cedar shake roof.

WHITTIER BRIDGE
Location:West of N.H. Route 16 at West Ossipee Village on old N.H. Route 125 over the Bearcamp River.
Style of Bridge:
Paddleford truss with added arches
Year of Construction:1870s
Original Cost:Unknown
Structural Characteristics:
The bridge is 132'7" long with a clear span of 114'0". It has an overall width of 20'6" with a roadway width of 14'10", and has a maximum vertical clearance of 12'6". The bridge is closed to vehicular traffic.
Maintained By: Town of Ossipee
World Guide Number: 29-02-08
New Hampshire Number: 46

This covered Bridge is know as the Honeymoon Bridge. It is the most photographed Covered Bridge in NH. It is located in Jackson NH

The Waterrous covered bridge in Pepperell, MA. I wanted to log this one before work is done on it next year. Not sure if they are knocking it down or repairing, but wanted to be on the safe side. It is named after a former legistlator.

Pont couvert de Notre-Dame-Des-Pins,
Le pont Perreault est érigé en 1927, au coût de 12 000,00$. Or, dans la nuit du samedi saint au matin de Pâques de 1928, la Chaudière « jusque là figée par les rigueurs de l’hiver » s’éveille; les glaces poussées par la crue des eaux brisent les piliers et emportent le pont, empêchant ainsi la majorité des paroissiens habitant la rive ouest, d’assister à la messe de la Résurrection. Un nouveau pont, avec le même type de structure, est construit la même année « à la bonne hauteur, sur trois piliers de béton ». Il est fermé à la circulation en novembre 1969, après 40 ans d’utilisation.

C’est aujourd’hui le plus long au Québec et le seul à posséder 4 travées. Sa structure de type Town Élaboré ainsi que ses caractéristiques architecturales en font un pont représentatif de la majorité des ponts couverts de la province.

This covered bridge is located on Laurel Hill Creek. It is called King's Bridge and was built in 1802 and later rebuilt in 1906. Found a web site with more pictures: http://www.galenfrysinger.com/covered_bridge_somerset_king.htm Keith and Susan

I found this covered bridge during a one day visit to VT to watch my daughter play field hockey for Castleton State College in Castleton, VT. This bridge is in nearby Woodstock, VT and serves to connect US Route 4 to the Bridges Rd. The bridge spans the Ottauquechee River.

This is the Gallon House Bridge located near Silverton, Oregon over the Abiqua River. It is reported the oldest covered bridge in Oregon.

The "Pont Bordeleau" was built in 1932. Located in St-Tite, Quebec, Canada (N46 40.402 W072 33.448). This bridge is still in operation and you can use it with your car anytime.

I found this brigde in Lower Saxony Germany

Pont de la Frontière ("Border Bridge") http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/reseau/structures/ponts_couverts/05potton.asp
Potton, Quebec, Canada
Just a few meters from the US Border.
Built in 1896
Length: 31,04 m (101'10")
Width: 4,95 m (16'3")

This is the Indian Creek Covered Bridge #4364 built circa 1898 in Monroe County, WV. It was rehabilitated in 2000. The pictures include the story of the bridge. thanks for the cache!

Thorny1

One of the very few remaining covered bridges in California. Located at Knight's Ferry over the Stanislaus river.
Constructed in 1863 and finally closed to veicles in 1981. The bridge has elevated interior footwalks with only a wagon's width of space between. The bridge's overhead cross-bracing ws locked with inch square locustwood pins, which are still in place.

Visiting Jackson, NH (my ancesters where among the first 10 families in town, founding it in the 1790's). Beautiful covered bridge, still in use as one of the entrances to town (from route 16).

We wanted to go "off the grid" to find a truly historic, lesser known bridge. This one, the Hyde or Kingsbury Bridge in South Randolph is still used today in more or less the original manner, as the floor of the bridge still has the raised wheel track planks and sees very little "public" traffic. It was built in 1904, uses the multiple kingpost method and spans 45 feet over the Second Branch of the White River.

I thought I had lost these pictures before finding them on a compact flash card in a side pocket of the case. In any event, this is the covered bridge at Freeman's Crossing, Oregon Creek, built in 1860. It is near North San Juan, California, between Nevada City and Downieville. It is a beautiful bridge, just down the creek from a great swimming spot.

old covered bridges made in 1936. now he`s only use by pedestran et bike

I love these covered bridges and they are plentiful in New Brunswick. This one is in Florenceville. This historical bridge was moved to the town from the country. It wasn't long enough to go over the river at this point, but they added on a modern structure to complete the span.

I couldn't belive this covered bridge had not been logged yet! There are 2 geocaches right here...
This is the Robeyville Bridge, built in 1876 and is an example of a long truss system. More info on Plaque.
This is right near Kenduskeag, Maine.
TFTC.

Maysville/Jefferson, Georgia (30558)
Hurricane Shoals Park

This was during the Art in the Park Festival this year. Not as good as in past years, but it was sunday--and there were a lot of festivals around this weekend.

If youve never been, you should go. NO PETS or FISHING, but 'swimming' among the rocks is at your own risk. There are lots of other historic structures, gathered from throughout Jackson County.

A nice old bridge we've see in Olten (Switzerland).

I found this covered bridge in Münchenstein, Swizerland

Located near Knoxville, Illinois. Didn't find any info on it.
I'm still learning about my new camera. Part of it got cut off.
TFTC

I visited this great looking covered bridge in Ohio while doing a cache nearby. It's the longest single span covered bridge in Ohio. It's the New Hope Cover Bridge, in Ohio.

http://www.ohiobarns.com/covbri/oh/brow/35-08-05.html

This is the 195' long Pulp Mill Bridge which crosses Otter Creek in Middlebury, VT. It was built in 1820, and rebuilt in 1980. Sadly, it is deteriorating and is being considered for replacement by a more modern structure, since the cost to restore it may quite likely exceed $1,000,000.

This bridge is known as G-050. It is located on the Tantramar Marsh near Middle Sackville in New Brunswick, Canada. It is close to the Nova Scotia border. The surrounding area as dedicated to farming.

This bridge is in Dearborn Michigan....its in a park....I couldn't find any info on the bridge....I believe at one point the road went thru this area..and they change it into a park....you can't cross with your car now...only foot and bike traffic.

This is the Burr Arch Covered Bridge in Southford Falls State Park. It spans the Eight-Mile River, which at this point, separates the towns of Southbury and Oxford, CT. One end of the bridge is in Southbury, CT and the other is in Oxford CT. Using a scale model of a circa 1804 design by Theodore Burr of Torrington, CT, this bridge was constructed in 1972. The "Son of Under Cover" micro cache (Waypoint GCKQVD) is located inside this bridge.

I found this one with Rexy and Dingo, on our way home from visiting my parents in Mt. Angel, and the Original Stash, and even Project APE on an EPIC road trip. This particular historic covered bridge spans Grave Creek in Sunny Valley, OR.

The bridge was built in 1920 at a cost of $21,128.65 (such tight accounting!) as part of the new Pacific Highway project, and is the one remaining covered bridge in Josephine County.

I found this Historical Covered Bridge on my todays cachetour near the Castle Kyburg / Switzerland.

Regards swissseal / switzerland

On Iron hill Road. Sorry about the quality of the shot but it was a quick grab an getting dark I didn't want to blind too many cars with the flash.

This is the Offutt's Ford covered bridge in rural Rush County, Indiana. It spans the Blue River and was built by Kennedy Bros. in 1884. Still in use.

This is one of many Thur brigdes called Petersbridge, it's located near by the village Krummenau.It was built in 1856 and restored in 1978.

Thanks for do this Cache
Regards Catwisel

This is the Lunenberg, VT to Lancaster, NH bridge that spans the Connecticut River. From the sign, it was built in 1911 and restored in 1983.

Found this covered bridge while doing an evil micro by Sagebrushwoody (GCPVCK).

This Germantown Ohio Covered Bridge was erected in 1870, closed to vehicular traffic in 1963 and has sense been restored as a pedestrian bridge.

Thanks to the people of Germantown for restoring this piece of history.

This bridge can be found at N39 37.571 W84 21.892

We found this covered bridge in Purkersdorf (Austria) during a nice cache-evening. Sorry for the bad quality but the sun was just setting.
BTW: This bridge connects the railway station with a natural park.
THX for the good idea
Die Höhlenbären (Tina & Pezi)

Built in 1857, the original Low’s Covered Bridge was a one-lane, patented, Long-truss structure spanning 130 feet. It was tragically destroyed by a flood on April 1, 1987—the same fate that had befallen two previous bridges at the site. Loss of this treasured landmark, a link to the forefathers of engineering, generated much local support for replacement with another covered bridge. In 1990 a new bridge was constucted. It was assembled off-site, rolled into place, and lowered onto the original stone-masonry abutments that had been raised almost 3 feet to reduce the potential for future flood damage.

This is the Packard Hill covered bridge in Lebanon, NH. The photo of the sign gives the information on the bridge.

While visiting in Tennessee last month with my other half, Atrus, I came across this neat old covered bridge. Apparently, it’s quite old and historically significant to the local community.

Pont couvert à Brigham au Québec. Il est toujours fonctionnel

This is the last covered bridge in use in Washington State. It is located Wahkiakum County near Grays River, Wa.

Built in 1905 it is 158 feet long and 14 feet wide with a 4 ton load limit.

Name in honor of Mr.GrandChamp

The Scott bridge in Greene County PA. My grandfather's farm was about a half mile south of the bridge and it was named for our ancestors who were in that valley since before 1800.

This one is located in Allershausen / Bavaria / Germany. As you can see Mason (he's on the picture) and I approached it on a wide but seldom used path
The bridge crosses the river Amper which we followed for another 8 km.