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When you’re traveling rural roads in northern New England, finding a covered bridge is bound to happen.
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This particular bridge was quite a nice one.
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Lovely setting, well kept and structurally sound.
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Complete with vintage warning sign.
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There were a few too many trees for the perfect money shot, but you get the idea.
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I love when the town posts a little history.
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And when my spouse has to test the construction.
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River's world..... 
Beautiful! These bridges remind me of the wonderful film with Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.
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Loved that movie!
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What kind of arsonist BURNS A BRIDGE???
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The kind with a boat…?
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That would suck to get a five dollar fine for going seven in a three mph zone…
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Love the photos. I live in Upstate NY and have seen quite a few of these covered bridges
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I live in Maine. We have a few but not as many as New Hampshire and Vermont. I don’t know why, but it always tickles me to run across one.
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Lovely old Blair Bridge. 😀
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You might enjoy this article by the Trust for Historic Preservation:
https://savingplaces.org/stories/11-historic-artists-homes-studios-enjoy-changing-seasons?
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That’s a great list, thanks! We’ve been to Chesterwood, and tried to visit Olana but couldn’t get tickets.
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Funny, a wooden bridge vs a hurricane is a quick fight, so we do not have many of those in our area. Hey, who collects the fine?
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Perhaps there was a toll taker back in the day….
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Covered bridges have always fascinated me, I love them. And just like Carol, they remind me of the Bridges of Madison County film, one of my favorite films ever! Of course the hubs had to check it’s structural worthiness, lol.
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Maybe he’ll build one over our ditch….
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Love covered bridges. We have a bunch down here, but they don’t look as formidable and well-maintained as this one.
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This one was extra special.
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A covered bridge expert! Now that’s a job title that makes you memorable, Milton.
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Makes me wonder what qualifications are necessities to rate the title.
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I’d hope it’d be a degree in engineering, but fear it might be a self-proclaimed title.
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I have only one question, what was the purpise of putting a cover on a bridge, to make sure the running track did not rot? Why not cover the whole highway to prevent snow and ice build-up in winter? There’s no walking area, so it isn’t a place for pedestrians to take refuge during a storm? Or does a cover make the whole bridge stronger to maybe survive a hurricane, tornodo, or flash flood?
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There are many theories. Protection from the weather is one, but blocking a horse’s view of the water underneath seems to be the most popular.
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Somehow I didn’t get to this one on my several New England covered bridge trips. Obviously, I missed a good one!
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We tend to travel in out of the way places…😉
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I would have been out there with him. Thanks for sharing this.
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You know I have to.
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I just watched The Bridges of Madison County (yet again) the other day. I love that movie. These pictures are beautiful.
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Doesn’t matter how many times I watch it, I always cry at the end. ❣️
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ME TOO.
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The bridge is an antique. He was probably seeing if, with a little force, it would come loose and he could take it home.
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That would not surprise me!
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Awww…this is so pretty!
I’d love to see the ‘speed test’ actually happen. Some of us walk pretty darn fast!
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We love your photos. If you make it to southeast Colorado, be sure to drive the stretch of state highway 12 between Stonewall and La Veta. The entire highway is scenic, but there is just east of the highway there is a structure that looks a covered bridge across a creek with no connecting roads. It’s a house built to look like a bridge. I think it’s abandoned, which makes it all the more curious.
We have several photos from a few years ago. If I can find them I’ll send them.
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Colorado is definitely on my bucket list. Everything I’ve seen of it looks so unbelievably scenic.
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