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Definition: Covered Bridge |
Covered BridgeNoun1. A bridge whose passageway is protected by a roof and enclosing sides. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Such bridges are found in rural areas throughout the United States and Canada, but are often threatened by arsonists, vandals, and flooding. They are also common around eastern Canada and in the United States in places such as Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Parke County, Indiana. Parts of Ohio, Michigan, Oregon, Kentucky, and the New England states also have surviving covered bridges.
Famous covered bridges include the Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy which is one of only three over the Canal Grande and a popular tourist attraction. Opened on July 4, 1901, the 1,282 foot (390 meter) covered bridge crossing the St.John River at Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada, is the longest covered bridge in the world. It is a Canadian National Historic Site. There are a lot of covered bridges, called Wind and Rain Bridges in the Chinese province of Guizhou. These were traditionally built by the Dong minority people.
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Covered bridges are generally considered old-fashioned, and appeal to tourists, but the purpose is simple: to build a structure for weather protection over the working part of the bridge.
Modern covered bridges are usually for pedestrians, for example to walk from one part of an office building to another part, to cross railway tracks at a station, or in a shopping center on an elevated level, crossing a road. See also skyway.
Covered bridges received much recognition as a result of the success of the novel, Bridges of Madison County written by Robert James Waller and made into a Hollywood motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood.
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 | Covered Bridge on Swift River in the White Mts NH. Credit: USDA. |  | Wildcat Covered Bridge on the Siuslaw River. Credit: D. Huntington. |
 | People fleeing house, firemen leaving Niagara 7 fire station, village scene with covered bridge and smoke, fireman going down rope. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Covered bridge, Brownsville, Pa. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Covered bridge in rural setting. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Interior of covered bridge. Cambridge, Vermont. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Covered bridge. Northfield Falls, Vermont. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bridges. Covered bridge, New York state. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Bridges. Old covered bridge, Jackson River, Va. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Covered bridge at Shoup's Mill, near Dayton, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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