I never understood why would they take the trouble to build a full big shed for a bridge. I wonder if they just chain-produced them and then used some for just anything else.
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I never understood why would they take the trouble to build a full big shed for a bridge. I wonder if they just chain-produced them and then used some for just anything else.
After asking that question you are obliged to go watch "On the Road to Maddison."
I never understood why would they take the trouble to build a full big shed for a bridge...
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Since covered bridges are mostly located in the northern half of the country it may be because of the winter snow.
I'm guessing that all that extra wood helps brace the roadway. Alnitak could tell us.
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Wooden Covered bridges hail to an earlier time - heavily in New England, where heavy snow all Winter long was and is the norm.
They also hail from the horse and buggy days - the covered bridges keep the bridge fairly clear of snow and ice - making a safer trip across the bridge. They also provide a haven from a storm - Winter or Summer - if you are caught outside at the time.
Are they necessary today? Probably not, but the ones out there are historic, maintained, and not major thoroughfares.
And, perhaps, to keep the decks ad dry as possible (tires will still "track water in and all over the floor"), which means longer life for the bridge. But, yes, probably mostly the snow-thing. Not a good thing when people slide over the side into the river.
Johan,
Did you get the e-mail I sent sometime before 6PM?
Nice looking coin there.
Jersey Boy,
Who's the proud owner of that monster?
