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- Atawalk Covered Bridges - This bilingual French/English site offers illustrated listings of covered bridges in the Americas, Europe and Asia, and of bridge preservation societies. Also news, FAQ and links.
www.atawalk.com
- Bennington County Covered Bridges - A virtual driving tour and history of five covered bridges in this part of Vermont, courtesy of the area chamber of commerce.
www.bennington.com/chamber/Bridges
- Bridges of Lucerne - This lakeside Swiss city is famous for its medieval covered bridges: Kapellbrücke (largely restored) and Spreuerbrücke. An illustrated feature by Cheryl Imboden.
europeforvisitors.com/switzaustria/articles/bridges_of_lucerne.htm
- Bridges to the Past: Alabama's Covered Bridges - TV program. Photographs and details of the bridges featured. Videos available. Hosted by the University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio.
www.alabamatv.org/bridges
- Columbia County Covered Bridges - Official guide to 23 covered bridges in or spanning the border of this county of Pennsylvania: images and brief histories of each.
www.columbiapa.org/coveredbridges
- Cottage Grove's Covered Bridges - Cottage Grove Net describes the six covered bridges in this town in Oregon. Pictures and history.
cottagegrove.net/history/covered_bridges/index.html
- Covered Bridges - Enthusiast Rick Alcorn explains the evolution of the wooden truss with diagrams. He provides photographs and brief details of bridges in parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
www.cisnet.com/~ralcorn/COVERED.HTM
- Covered Bridges of Indiana - The County History Preservation Society list of all covered bridges in Indiana with descriptions, photographs and location maps.
www.countyhistory.com/coveredbridge
- Covered Bridges of Maine - The Department of Transportation presents a history of the state's covered bridges and a tour via clickable map: photographs and information on the 9 surviving bridges.
www.state.me.us/mdot/maint_op/covered/coverbrg.htm
- Covered Bridges of Michigan - Gallery and history of the few remaining covered bridges in the state.
www.net-link.net/~michaelf/covered.htm
- Covered Bridges of Oregon - Oregon Department of Transportation offers photographs and brief histories of a selection of the over 50 surviving spans in the state.
www.odot.state.or.us/eshtm/cb.htm
- Covered Bridges of Parke County, Indiana - Official online tour of the 32 covered bridges of the county: photographs and brief histories. Visitor information.
www.coveredbridges.com
- Covered Bridges of Swanzey, New Hampshire - Fund-raising site to restore the Slate Covered Bridge, burned by an arsonist in 1993. History, photographs, progress reports. Hosted by Cheshire County USA.
www.tmclark.com/Bridges/bridges.html
- Covered Bridges of the Northeast USA - Hank Bickel gives photographs, descriptions, locations and historical facts on bridges in the states of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
coveredbridgesite.com
- Covered Bridges of West Virginia - Ryan Post's easily-navigated presentation of the subject. Photographs and information on 17 remaining bridges. Descriptions with diagrams of the different truss systems. Bibliography.
members.citynet.net/post
- Historic Covered Bridges of Georgia - Photographs, maps and information about Georgia's 12 remaining covered bridges from the Georgia Department of Transportation Bridge Design Office.
www.dot.state.ga.us/DOT/preconstruction/bridgedesign/covered/index.htm
- Indiana Covered Bridges - A few photographs by Dale Catron, with information on the Kennedy family of bridge builders of Rush County.
users.iei.net/~kb9ocq/cb.html
- National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges - This American non-profit society publishes the World Guide to Covered Bridges, a quarterly magazine and a newsletter, excerpts from which are online. Hosted by Joseph Nelson.
www.vermontbridges.com/nspcb1st.htm
- New Brunswick Covered Bridges - Has photographs of all 66 covered bridges in the province, including two that burned in 2001.
personal.nbnet.nb.ca/johnmd/CoveredBridgeFirst.html
- New York State Covered Bridge Society - Dedicated to promoting and preserving New York's historic covered bridges. Map of bridge locations, with list linked to photographs and details.
www.nycoveredbridges.org
- Old Covered Bridges of Pennsylvania - Photographs and information from Dr Roger McCain, Professor of Economics.
william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/bridge/CB1.html
- Oregon Covered Bridges Directory - The Covered Bridge Society of Oregon provides photographs and information on each of the surviving historic covered bridges in the state, and a forum.
coveredbridges.stateoforegon.com
- Oregon's Covered Bridges - History and county by county guide, with photographs and descriptions. Also an explanation of truss types, with diagrams.
www.viser.net/~draft/bridges/bridges.shtml
- Spanning Time: Vermont's Covered Bridges - Joseph Nelson promotes his book of that title with sample text and illustrations.
www.vermontbridges.com
- The Covered Bridges of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Official tour of the county's covered bridges via a sensitive map or list. Photograph of each, sometimes with information.
www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/cwp/view.asp?a=15&Q=257029&lancoNav=|5722|5789|
- Vermont Covered Bridges - An extensive collection of Vermont covered bridge photographs and descriptions from Virtual Vermont.
www.virtualvermont.com/coveredbridge
- Yankee Life : Covered Bridges - Peter Morgan's photographs of covered bridges in New England are accompanied by reflections, statistics and trivia on these bridges of character.
www.yankeelife.com/bridges
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