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03/16/2003 08:49:05 AM · #1 |
Why are bridges covered? (Other than to provide a photo opportunity.)
Do regions other than the US have covered bridges?
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03/16/2003 09:12:10 AM · #2 |
| To keep the bad weather off the road under the bridge would be my guess! We have a few covered bridges in Canada but New Hampshire is full of them. |
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03/16/2003 09:55:32 AM · #3 |
| Because the bridge is suspended in the air, bridges always freeze up before the roads do. Driving is dangerous on bridges in the winter. If you can keep the snow and ice off in the first place it is safer. Too bad they don't do it anymore. |
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03/16/2003 10:03:50 AM · #4 |
| I second that! Some are restored but you never hear of a new one being built! A lost art I guess. Snow and Ice removal has changed a lot over the years but you still see slippery when below 32 F signs posted at either end of any bridge crossing water in the north. |
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03/16/2003 10:06:41 AM · #5 |
| Dennis I guess there is not much Ice down in the birth place of Clyde Barrow, Eh! |
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03/16/2003 10:27:53 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by DennisF:
Why are bridges covered? (Other than to provide a photo opportunity.)
Do regions other than the US have covered bridges?
Dennis |
Dennis,
Here's an article about Kentucky's covered bridges and why they are covered - Kentucky's Covered Bridges.
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03/16/2003 06:18:34 PM · #7 |
Some in British Columbia do, mostly in the Snow Shed area, but most of them are "tunnels" so that cars/trucks are not swept off the highways when snowslides come tumblings down the ridges. Usually see them high up the mountains. Other than British Columbia, I don't think much of Canada have them. I have seen a few in Scotland, a a few in my travels through Europe, but not as many as the U. S.
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03/16/2003 06:34:09 PM · #8 |
| The reason that bridges were covered were first and formost to keep the elements from rottening the wooden planks, as man learned how to make cobblestone roads and then later the concrete and asphalt roads we know today the need for the covered bridge died out. |
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03/16/2003 06:34:29 PM · #9 |
//personal.nbnet.nb.ca/johnmd/CoveredBridgeFirst.html
New Brunswick Canada has 64 Covered Bridges including The Hartland Covered Bridge . It's the longest in the World at 1282 Ft.
That's 390.7 meters |
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03/16/2003 07:05:20 PM · #10 |
| Quebec has numerous also! |
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03/16/2003 07:12:01 PM · #11 |
That is true ... My grand father's house (St Ignace, New Brunswick) was located next to a covered bridge).
Anyhow here is a picture of the Harltand Bridge, located at 1 hour drive from where I live. It is LONG:
Hartland Covered Bridge - longest covered bridge in the world.
Originally posted by jayg:
//personal.nbnet.nb.ca/johnmd/CoveredBridgeFirst.html
New Brunswick Canada has 64 Covered Bridges including The Hartland Covered Bridge . It's the longest in the World at 1282 Ft.
That's 390.7 meters |
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03/16/2003 07:14:21 PM · #12 |
| I lived in Oregon for five years. There are some beautiful ones there. I wish I was into photography back then... |
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03/16/2003 08:29:07 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by DennisF:
Why are bridges covered? (Other than to provide a photo opportunity.)
Do regions other than the US have covered bridges?
Dennis |
I'm not sure Dennis, and an exhibit I saw at the Flume Gorge in New Hampshire basically said "Nobody's sure". :-) OneSweetSin's explanation sure makes a lot of sense though, and seems to be one of the popular theories.
My ongoing project (hope to finish in another year or two) //www.pbase.com/abh/nhcoveredbridges
NH's covered bridge list: //www.state.nh.us/nhdhr/bridges/
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03/16/2003 08:55:30 PM · #14 |
All, thanks for the response. It will be interesting to see what response there is from people in the other parts of the world.
And we do not have much need for snow protection here in Texas - a little shade is always welcome in the hot months (May through October).
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03/16/2003 08:56:33 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by RLS:
Originally posted by DennisF:
Why are bridges covered? (Other than to provide a photo opportunity.)
Do regions other than the US have covered bridges?
Dennis |
Dennis,
Here's an article about Kentucky's covered bridges and why they are covered - Kentucky's Covered Bridges. |
Here is a photo of the Goddard Bridge as discribed in your article
... //www.pbase.com/diana_g/bridge |
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03/18/2003 02:20:36 AM · #16 |
| I don't think there are too many covered bridges in California, but I saw this one when I was in Oregon last Summer. I can't remember the name of the side road it's part of, but it's just east of Leaburg, Oregon over the McKenzie River. |
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