List of covered bridges in the United States

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This is a list of all covered bridges in the United States of America.

Alabama

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California

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Connecticut

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Delaware

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Name Image County Location Built Length Crosses Ownership Truss Notes
Ashland Covered Bridge[1] Ashland Covered Bridge New Castle Ashland
39°47′53″N 75°39′29″W / 39.79806°N 75.65806°W / 39.79806; -75.65806 (Ashland Bridge)
ca. 1860 52 feet (16 m) Red Clay Creek Delaware Dept. of Highways and Trans. Town
Smith's Bridge[2] Smith's Bridge New Castle Beaver Valley
39°50′15″N 75°34′44″W / 39.83750°N 75.57889°W / 39.83750; -75.57889 (Smith's Bridge)
1839, 1956, rebuilt 1962 and 2002 143 feet (44 m) Brandywine Creek State of Delaware Burr Original bridge burned in 1961
Wooddale Bridge[1] Wooddale Bridge New Castle Wooddale
39°45′57″N 75°38′14″W / 39.76583°N 75.63722°W / 39.76583; -75.63722 (Wooddale Bridge)
ca. 1850, rebuilt 2008 60 feet (18 m) Red Clay Creek Delaware Dept. of Highways and Trans. Town

Georgia

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kentucky

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Minnesota

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Missouri

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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Name Image County Location Built Length Crosses Ownership Truss Notes
Green Sergeants Covered Bridge[1] Hunterdon Stockton
40°26′39″N 74°57′59″W / 40.44417°N 74.96639°W / 40.44417; -74.96639 (Green Sergeants Covered Bridge)
1872, 1961 84 feet (26 m) Wickecheoke Creek County of Hunterdon Queen
Scarborough Covered Bridge[3][4] Camden Cherry Hill
39°54′2″N 74°59′33″W / 39.90056°N 74.99250°W / 39.90056; -74.99250 (Scarborough Covered Bridge)
1959, renovated 1993 55 feet (17 m) Cooper River Town Also called Kissing Bridge

New York

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North Carolina

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Name Image County Location Built Length Crosses Ownership Truss Notes
Bunker Hill Covered Bridge[1] Bunker Hill Covered Bridge Catawba Claremont
35°43′20″N 81°6′36″W / 35.72222°N 81.11000°W / 35.72222; -81.11000 (Bunker Hill Covered Bridge)
1895 81 feet (25 m) Lyle Creek Catawba County Historical Association[5] Haupt Only bridge in the US using this design[6]
Pisgah Community Covered Bridge[1] Pisgah Community Covered Bridge Randolph Pisgah
35°32′32″N 79°53′38″W / 35.54222°N 79.89389°W / 35.54222; -79.89389 (Pisgah Community Covered Bridge)
ca. 1910 51 feet (16 m) Upper branch of the Little River Private Modified queen
Will Henry Stevens Covered Bridge[7]: 61  Macon Highlands
35°03′24″N 83°12′18″W / 35.05667°N 83.20500°W / 35.05667; -83.20500 (Will Henry Stevens Covered Bridge)
2008 87 feet (27 m) Creek Private Town Formerly the Bagley Bridge of Warner, New Hampshire

Ohio

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

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Name Image County Location Built Length Crosses Ownership Truss Notes
Swamp Meadow Bridge[8] Providence Foster
41°47′58″N 71°43′46″W / 41.79957°N 71.72943°W / 41.79957; -71.72943 (Swamp Meadow Bridge)
1994 36 feet (11 m) Hemlock Brook Town of Foster Town Original bridge which opened in 1993 was burned by vandals.

South Carolina

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Name Image County Location Built Length Crosses Ownership Truss Notes
Campbell's Covered Bridge[1][7]: 135  Campbell's Covered Bridge Greenville Gowensville
35°05′9″N 82°15′51″W / 35.08583°N 82.26417°W / 35.08583; -82.26417 (Campbell's Covered Bridge)
1909 41 feet (12 m) Beaver Dam Creek County of Greenville[9] Howe Rebuilt 1992

South Dakota

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Name Image County Location Built Length Crosses Ownership Truss Notes
Edgemont City Park Covered Bridge[10][7]: 136  Fall River Edgemont
43°17′54″N 103°49′27″W / 43.29833°N 103.82417°W / 43.29833; -103.82417 (Edgemont City Park Covered Bridge)
2011 120 feet (37 m) Pond City of Edgemont Town Located at the Trails, Trains & Pioneers Museum

Tennessee

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Vermont

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Virginia

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Washington

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West Virginia

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Wisconsin

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Smith's Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. James Baughn. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Scarborough Covered Bridge Celebrates 50th Anniversary". Cherryhill-nj.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  4. ^ Dr. Roger A. McCain. "Scarborough Bridge". faculty.lebow.drexel.edu. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Bunker Hill Bridge, Spanning Lyle Creek, bypassed section of Island Ford Road, Claremont, Catawba County, NC". Historic American Engineering Record. Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ^ Terry E. Miller; Ronald G. Knapp; A. Chester Ong (2013). America's Covered Bridges (Kindle ed.). North Clarendon, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-1-4629-1420-3.
  7. ^ a b c Caswell, William S. World Guide to Covered Bridges (2021 ed.). Concord, New Hampshire: National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. ISBN 978-0-578-30263-8.
  8. ^ Evans, Benjamin D. and June R. (2004). New England's Covered Bridges. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England. pp. 177–178. ISBN 1-58465-320-5.
  9. ^ "Campbell's Covered Bridge". SC Picture Project. South Carolina Picture Project. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Edgemont City Park Covered Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Historic Bridge Foundation. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
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