Covered Bridge Societies and Organizations

Auchumpkee Creek covered Bridge in Georgia Covered Bridge Societies began forming when the high cost of covered bridge maintenance made counties replace them with lower-maintenance modernized bridges. Besides the growing presence of Covered Bridge Societies, various organizations and covered bridge advocates became involved in saving this glorious part of history as well. Some of these Covered Bridge Societies, Associations, and Covered Bridge publications are listed below.

 

Covered Bridge Societies and Associations:

Indiana Covered Bridge Society  - - -  www.indianacoveredbridges.org 
National Society for Preservation of Covered Bridges  - - -  www.coveredbridgesociety.org
New York State Covered Bridge Society  - - -  www.nycoveredbridges.org
Ohio Historic Bridge Association  - - -  www.oldohiobridges.com/ohba.htm
Oregon Covered Bridge Society - - -  www.covered-bridges.org/about.htm
Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society of Pa.  - - -  www.tbcbspa.com 
Bucks County Covered Bridge Society  - - -  www.buckscountycbs.org 
Vermont Covered Bridge Society  - - -  www.vermontbridges.org 
 

Glen Hope Covered Bridge in Pennsylvania

 

Informative Covered Bridge Sites:

Dale J. Travis Covered Bridges  - - -  www.dalejtravis.com/bridge/cbridges.htm 
Covered Bridges of Yesteryear  - - -  www.lostbridges.org 
Covered Bridges of Maine  - - -  www.maine.gov/mdot/historicbridges/coveredbridges 
Parke County, Indiana  - - -  www.coveredbridges.com 
Maryland Covered Bridges  - - -  www.mdcoveredbridges.com/index.html 
New Hampshire Covered Bridges  - - - www.nh.gov/nhdhr/bridges/index.html 
Pennsylvania Covered Bridges  - - -  www.pacoveredbridges.com  
Covered Bridge Info  - - -  www.glcp.uvm.edu/landscape_new/learn/
Bridgehunter - - - www.bridgehunter.com

 


International Covered Bridge Sites:

Swiss Timber Bridges  - - -  www.swiss-timber-bridges.ch 
Chinese Covered Bridges  - - - www.intrans.iastate.edu/app/uploads/sites/12/2019/03/LIU_AncientChineseTimberArchBridges.pdf 
Chinese Covered Bridge History & Facts  - - -  www.built-heritage.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/
 

Historic Teago Covered Bridge in New Hampshire

 

Covered Bridge Publications

America's Covered Bridges  - - -  by Terry E. Miller and Ronald G. Knapp
Historic American Covered Bridges  - - -  by American Society of Civil Engineers Brian McKee
Chasing Covered Bridges and How to Find Them  - - -  By Paul Parrott
Oregon Covered Bridges  - - -  by Marshall Powell
Covered Bridges - A Close-up Look  - - -  Alan Giagnocavo and HABS
China's Covered Bridges: Architecture over Water - - - by Ronald G. Knapp and Terry W. Miller
Covered Bridges of Alabama  - - -  by Will Elrick and Kelly Kazek
Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges  - - -  By Fred J. Moll
Indiana's Covered Bridges  - - -  by Robert Reed
New Hampshire Covered Bridges - - -  by Harold Stiver
Vermont Covered Bridges: a Traveler's Guide  - - -  by Eric Riback
World Guide to Covered Bridges
The Architecture and Building of Bridges - - - by Alan Benau Jr.

 

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