Covered bridges are great historical pieces that are protected by law these days. In the United States, there are at least 200 covered bridges registered under the National Registry of Historic Places because of their important role in a towns or countys history.
Most of the covered bridges still being used today are under the protection of the government and cannot be easily demolished or reconstructed without the prior permission of a local board set up to oversee the maintenance and preservation of these historic land marks. Most of them were built in the early nineteenth century when there was a huge movement of people from coastal cities toward the interior of the country where there are a lot of creeks, streams, and raging rivers. As towns developed, there was an apparent need for people to be connected and thus covered bridges were constructed.
But did you know that covered bridges history dates back at least two thousand years? There were ancient covered bridges in China and even in Babylon 780 years before the birth of Christ. These ancient covered bridges, according to written history, were more like architectural masterpieces used to accentuate the...
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