Grange City Covered Bridge

Built circa 1868-70, the Grange City Covered Bridge is a single 86-foot span and a good example of Theodore Burr’s truss employing multiple king posts. Its yellow pine timbers have double-shouldered braces, its abutments are of red stone, and corrugated sheet metal covers the roof and sides; it was originally double-sided with yellow poplar. 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 Kentucky had more than 400 covered bridges. Some were destroyed during the Civil War, and the remaining ones are a nostalgic link with the past.

Kentucky · United States