Discover an Ohio covered bridge with postcard charm, rare history, and a peaceful setting that makes a small detour feel very ...

In the 1800s, builders in the United States began putting roofs on bridges to protect the wooden floors and trusses from the elements. It was easier and less expensive to maintain the covers than the ...

What started out as an extra safety measure to protect the wooden timbers supporting bridges from the elements, covered bridges have become synonymous with our image of the American countryside.

Ann Porter is a Dover girl. Those are the first words she tells me over the phone as I call to talk with her about the Dover Covered Bridge in Mason County. Porter, a member of the Mason County ...

There are few spans as stately as a covered bridge. In America, we tend to associate the wooden bridges with states back east, places like Pennsylvania and Vermont – which are indeed full of them – ...