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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, typically wood. We may have added roofs to keep animals calm as water ...
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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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Michigan's historic Langley Covered Bridge closed after two vehicles exceed height limits
Michigan’s historic Langley Covered Bridge is closed indefinitely after height limiters on both ends of the bridge were damaged last week. The bridge, located in St. Joseph County, is the ...
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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. The Kutz Mill Bridge in Greenwich Township ... and a little more than 100 years later, the wooden floor was replaced with concrete and ...
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West Montrose residents remain ‘cautiously optimistic’ with region’s plan to repair original wood-covered bridge
WEST MONTROSE — Residents living near the covered bridge in West Montrose are glad to see the Region of Waterloo focusing on repairing and reinforcing existing wood trusses at the landmark site ...
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Bridging past and present
[Photo provided to China Daily] Zhong Xiaobo, director of the Wenzhou Covered Bridge Culture Society, helped build the Tongle Bridge. He has devoted over two decades to protecting wooden arch ...
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FW JI·Covered Bridge on Aqueduct
IARA has revitalised and redesigned the FW JI·Covered Bridge on Aqueduct in Huangshan, China. Preserving the original structure, IARA added a lightweight covered wooden bridge using CLT and local ...