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[–] • 7 pts 4y

What's the functional reason for a covered bridge?

I'm guessing it is because in the 19th century, the wood treatments were crap. So, to prevent the wood from rotting, they put a tar pitch roof over it.

[–] • 2 pts 4y

Maybe, or they just look nice. The Amish teens do a lot of kissing in them

[–] • 1 pt 4y

That is correct. Bridges were made of timbers and the shed over them protected them from rain and water damage.

[–] • 2 pts 4y

Didn't the Maitlins fall off that bridge in Beetlejuice?

[–] • 2 pts 4y

And then every once in a while a semi-trailer towed by a moron comes around and BANG

[–] • 1 pt 4y

Don't think it happened here, there is a bypass road

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Lol. Then you don't know the average semi driver these days.

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One took out our trashcan Friday. 😑

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I'm guessing NH

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You guess right

[–] • 0 pt 4y

The one that I've personally been to, at Watson Mill State Park in GA, is a protected landmark inside a state park. Only one car at a time, 5 mph.

[–] • 0 pt 4y

I figured it was GA. Lots of those

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FOr some reason your video says playback error. What's the youtube link?

[–] • 2 pts 4y

It's the 11' 8" +8 videos channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/yovo68/

Example video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPUL2SQ77uQ

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt 4y

Yes, to prevent rot. I always thought it was to allow for sides to keep horses from spooking themselves, but the mighty internet corrects me.

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We still have about 900 standing covered bridges in the USA, most of which were built at some point in the 19th century. So sayeth internet.

[–] • 2 pts 4y

Many of them are in my state, I say this one while fishing in my new favorite spot

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt 4y

Madison, IN has that covered bridge festival. I wonder how many they have.