Read our latest blog posts on covered bridges in the U.S
From Minnesota's 1869 Zumbrota Bridge to Arizona's 1976 Pinedale span, these are the lone covered bridges keeping the tradition alive in 16 different American states.
From Ohio's record-holding Smolen-Gulf Bridge to Indiana's historic Medora Bridge, here are the longest surviving covered bridges still standing across the United States.
The Sachs Covered Bridge near Gettysburg carried Union and Confederate troops in 1863, survived a 1996 flood, and still stands as Adams County's most storied Town lattice truss crossing.
The history of America's covered bridges — why builders enclosed wooden trusses, how the design spread from Philadelphia's 1805 Permanent Bridge, and why so few remain today.
