Goddard “White” Bridge is the only surviving example in Kentucky of Ithiel Town Lattice design. Its timbers are joined with wooden pegs, or tree-nails, and its date of construction and original builder are unknown. The 63-foot span was restored in 1968 under the supervision of L. S. Bower of Flemingsburg, and Goddard Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 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 Kentucky. These timbered spans played a romantic role in history, some were destroyed during the Civil War, and the remaining ones are a nostalgic link with the past.