The Covered Bridges of WQPT. ... While the Allaman is of the bolstered truss type, ... in 1915, a steel truss bridge was built and named after him. In 2006, ...

Visit the Fleming County Covered Bridge Museum, examine the truss designs of the remaining bridges, and take a photo tour of each bridge. A 2012 KET production. Aired 11/25/2012 | Rating NR ...

Most covered bridges throughout the state use the Burr truss method. This was designed by Theodore Burr in 1804. The design uses two large arches resting on abutments at either end of the bridge.

Most early wood truss bridges were Kingpost or Queenpost trusses, which were easy to build and could be used for crossings up to 50 feet long, said the Covered Bridge Society.

WATERFORD — The covered bridge on Niemeyer Road in Waterford Township is starting to look like a covered bridge again. The Brotherton Bridge, also known as the Old Kissing Bridge, was dismantled ...

The bridge was built in 1856 by brothers Emmett and Daniel O’Brien and crosses the Buckhannon River near Carrollton. At 140 feet, it is one of the longest surviving covered bridges in West Virginia.

FOSTER – Even now, 30 years later, John Neale gets goosebumps explaining how town residents came together to build Rhode Island’s only covered bridge over a public road – then built it again ...