When people think of covered bridges, they usually envision a wooden bridge with picturesque, romantic details spanning smooth, calm waters. True in most parks and private estates, but the building of covered bridges were originally done for practical reasons – protection and development.
In the early days of young America, barges and ferries were the only means of transportation in what was then a land filled with creeks, streams, and rivers. As villages and towns grew, there was an apparent need to provide safer and more economical means to transport huge numbers of people and merchandize across waterways. This mandated the construction of bridges for the growth and development of towns which grew on both sides of a river.
The early ones were crudely built and its span was usually that of the timber used to build it. As the need grew, so did the bridges, and the more people getting into the business of bridge-building, the more innovative it became. People started using trusses and arches to lengthen bridges and soon they started to use connected stringers.
Since bridges were not cheap to build and the materials and manpower used in the process...
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