More than 40 covered bridges once dotted the Wisconsin countryside. Today, there are five authentic covered bridges in the state of Wisconsin, but only one of them is historic. A covered bridge is considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction. An authentic bridge is constructed using trusses rather than other methods such as stringers, a popular choice for non-authentic covered bridges.

The sole surviving "historic" bridge is the Cedarburg Bridge, originally known as the "Red Bridge", located 3 miles north of the City of Cedarburg and 20 miles north of Milwaukee near the junction of Highways 60 and 143 on the Covered Bridge Road.

Photographed in May 2023.