America’s Historic Roads
Puzzle 66 · Life Beside the Road · Page 94 in print
Covered Bridges
Everett Covered Bridge used Robert W. Smith’s 1867 truss patent. Its construction date remains uncertain.
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Burr Arch
Bridge support combining an arch and truss.
Everett Bridge
Covered crossing in the Cuyahoga Valley.
Furnace Run
Stream crossed by Everett Covered Bridge.
Howe Truss
William Howe’s truss combining timber members with iron vertical tension rods.
Long Truss
Stephen Long’s timber truss using counterbraces in its panels.
Lower Chords
Lower lengthwise members of the bridge truss.
Paint
Protective coating used on some historic bridge woodwork.
Portals
Entrance openings of a covered bridge.
Queenpost
Truss type recorded at Morgan Bridge.
Robert Smith
Inventor whose patented truss pattern was used at Everett.
Roof
Overhead covering that shelters the bridge structure.
Siding
Outer wall covering of a timber bridge.
Smith Truss
Patented beam framework used at Everett.
Theodore Burr
Bridge builder associated with the arch-and-truss form.
Town Lattice
Ithiel Town’s lattice truss formed from overlapping light planks.
Sources
- National Covered Bridges Recording Project - HAER Documentation - Heritage Documentation ProgramsNational Park Service
- Everett Covered Bridge - Cuyahoga Valley National ParkNational Park Service
- FHWA-HRT-04-098-Chapter 3. Historical Development of Covered Bridges-Covered Bridge Manual-APRIL 2005Federal Highway Administration
- Covered bridge guidelines (NPS Historic American Engineering Record and FHWA)NPS Historic American Engineering Record and FHWA, via GovInfo
- FHWA-HRT-04-098-Chapter 4. Types of Longitudinal Trusses-Covered Bridge Manual-APRIL 2005Federal Highway Administration