Built in 1924 by John and George Riffe, the East Fork Covered Bridge is a 42-foot-long, single-span wooden structure with modified king posts that crosses the East Fork of Little Sandy River near Fallsburg. It has concrete abutments and a corrugated tin roof, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Covered bridges were first built in the 1790s but did not become widely popular until after 1814, and they were covered to protect them from the weather. At one time there were more than 400 covered bridges in Ky. The timbered spans have played a romantic role in history, some were destroyed during the Civil War, and the remaining ones are a nostalgic link with the past.