Cutler - Donahoe Covered Bridge - 1870

Designed and built by Eli Cox.

Length: 79 feet Weight: 40 ton.

Covered timber superstructure, towne lattice truss

with overlay queenpost frame, fastened with round

wooden pins and iron bolts.

Originally located 18 miles N.E. of Winterset,

near Bevington, over ...

Spencerville Covered Bridge

Built 1873, by John A. McKay, spanning Saint Joseph River; a Smith Truss, Variant Four, by Smith Bridge Company, Toledo, Ohio; has remained in use with regular maintenance, repairs, and extensive 1981 restoration. Listed in National Register of Historic Places, ...

Kidd's Mill Covered Bridge

Built in 1868, spanning the Shenango River. The only remaining bridge in Pennsylvania with an all-wooden truss design patented by Robert Smith of Tippecanoe City, Ohio. The last historic covered bridge in Mercer County, extending 120 feet in length and ...

Eugene Covered Bridge

County commissioners ordered (1873) to replace unsafe bridge over Big Vermillion River at Eugene. Built 1873 by Joseph J. Daniels, Rockville: Burr truss design, 180 foot span, using existing abutments. Closed to vehicle traffic, 1974. Listed in National Register of ...

Newport Covered Bridge

County commissioners ordered (1885) as link across Little Vermillion River at Newport & Quaker Point Free Gravel Road. Built 1885 by Joseph J. Daniels, Rockville: Burr truss design, 180 foot span, sandstone abutments. Floor replaced, 1984. Listed in National Register ...

Bergstresser/Dietz Covered Bridge

1887-1991

(Side A)

In March, 1887, the Franklin County Commissioners announced the building of a bridge in Madison Township over Little Walnut Creek at Kramer's Ford. Area citizens had petitioned for a bridge to transport agricultural products to the canal and railroad. ...

The Burning of Red Bridge

The "Last Straw" Between Jackson and Ashby

Nearly a month after the battle of Kernstown, Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's command had worked its way south "up" the Valley to join Gen. Richard S. Ewell's division near Conrad's Store (Elkton). To ...

Knights Ferry Covered Bridge

Built in 1864, to replace the original bridge washed away by the flood of 1862. Fastened together with locust pins. A toll bridge until purchased by Stanislaus County in 1885.

Dedicated May 30, 1948

Rededicated May 2, 1988

Marker can be reached from ...

Sachs Covered Bridge

Located just SE of here on the intersecting road. Built in 1852 by David S. Stoner, this lattice-truss bridge (based on a design patented by Connecticut architect Ithiel Town) extends 100 feet across Marsh Creek. Both Union and Confederate troops ...

Felton Covered Bridge

Built in 1892-93 and believed to be the tallest covered bridge in the country, it stood as the only entry to Felton for 45 years. In 1937 it was retired from active service to become a pedestrian bridge and figured ...