Why wooden bridges still have a place despite upkeep challenges
From quaint beginnings as log crossings to sophisticated structures of modern transportation, timber bridges are interwoven ...
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Moving a Wooden Covered Bridge
A team scrambles to move the 100-ton Old Blenheim Bridge—rebuilt after being destroyed by Hurricane Irene in 2011—as the creek beneath it rapidly rises. Loose roadway buckles under the bridge ...
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The reason for covered bridges
Why did we cover bridges in the first place? A covered bridge is exactly what you’d expect: a bridge with a roof and sides, ...
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Repairing damaged covered bridges can pose unique challenges
A covered bridge in Lancaster County is currently closed because it was damaged when a vehicle hit it.Repairing these ...
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Putnam covered bridges to be celebrated by HPS
While local railroads and the historic Vandalia freight depot may have been the center of attention at the recent Heritage ...
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Restoration of historic Dreibelbis Station Covered Bridge subject of presentation
Moll has written five books about covered bridges. He’s also served as the ... bent and warped its wooden beams. The Dreibelbis Station Covered Bridge over the Maiden Creek in Greenwich Township ...
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Detour in place as officials assess damage to historic covered bridge
It's one of five covered bridges left in Berks County ... in the mid 1850s and a little more than 100 years later, the wooden floor was replaced with concrete and steel beams to make it last ...