Covered Bridges

About This Group

Covered bridges symbolize small-towns. Often called kissing bridges or courting bridges, they bring back visions of when life was simpler.

There are many tales as to the reason bridges were covered, but the truth is actually a practial one. The bridges were covered to protect the wooden trusses that held the bridge together. If the trusses were left to the ravages of weather, they would have decayed in about 10 years. When they were covered, their life span increased tenfold.

Featured Covered Bridge Image by Terrence Russell

United States – Dale Travis List
United States – ohiobarns.com list

1. Georgia – 16 Covered Bridges
2. Indiana – 90 Covered Bridges
3. Kentucky – 13 Covered Bridges
4. Maine – 9 Covered Bridges
5. Maryland – 7 Covered Bridges
6. Massachusetts – 9 Covered Bridges
7. New Hampshire – 54 Covered Bridges
8. Ohio – 150+ Covered Bridges
9. South Carolina – 1 Covered Bridges
10. Pennsylvania – 197 Covered Bridges
11. Tennessee – 4 Covered Bridges
12. Vermont- 107 Covered Bridges
13. Virginia – 8 Covered Bridges

Canada
Travis J. Davis List of Canada Covered Bridges
New Brunswick
Ontario
Quebec

China
Covered Bridges of China – 7 bridges

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