Usk Bridge

In the early twentieth century, the burgeoning timber industry hastened the need for a reliable river crossing in central Pend Oreille County. With a natural rise above the river in an otherwise flat landscape, Usk seemed the most promising spot ...

Buskirk's Red Covered Bridge

Buskirk's Red

Covered Bridge

Rehabilitated in 2004.Built

Circa 1850 to Replace A

Previous Bridge Built in 1804.

This Crossing Served The

Great Northern Turnpike

Beginning In 1799.

Marker is at the intersection of Buskirk Road (County Route 59) and Firehouse Road (County Route 103), on the right ...

Rusk Footbridge

(546 feet long, 4 feet wide)

First built 1861 as the means for residents east of valley to get to town during rainy seasons.

Rebuilt in 1889 by T.H. Barnes, engineer building New Birmingham (now ghost town, to the east).

Maintained ...