Why Are Covered Bridges Covered? Featuring the Cornish Windsor Covered Bridge

Dive into a short history of the Cornish Windsor covered bridge, why bridges are covered, and why historic covered bridges were made of wood instead of concrete, iron, or steel.
Some Notes: Many consider the Cornish Windsor Covered Bridge to be about 460 feet long. If you include the roof entryway on each side that is correct, but I measured truss to truss in this video. Some claim Medora's covered bridge is the second longest in the country, but that depends on how you measure the bridge. Specific measurements and plans for the Cornish Windsor Covered Bridge can be viewed from the Library of Congress at this link: www.loc.gov/re...
For more information on covered bridges and a map of covered bridges in your area visit www.coveredbri...
Script with Sources Cited in APA 7th Edition: docs.google.co...

[@frankcastle4383]

Cool bridge and loads of history to

[@bulldawg6259]

One reason only is to protect the structure

[@iwaswrongabouteveryhthing]

i think the first one l saw was in the film bettlejuice

[@AstroJeep]

Bettlejuice, Bettlejuice, Bettlejuice!

[@joe18750]

Ashtabula county in Northeast Ohio has 19 covered bridges. The longest is over 600 feet.

[@lukeb6394]

Great video bro thank you

[@Schoenbaum_Paul]

It's worth the money. I'm from California and have always found them in magazines, in 1978 ish i worked in a shoe store and one of the ladies told me that I needed to visit the falling leaves and the covered bridges. Have I visited, not yet

[@lapamplemoussegrande]

If you're on the West Coast, probably easier to see the ones in Oregon--nice one in Lowell.

[@genekelly8467]

Here is artist Maxfield Parrish' view of it.

[@jerrysmooth24]

he just waited until a nice autumn evening to post this.Typical youtuber

[@thomaskerrigan3244]

Truth is I procrastinated for 8 months while trying to edit this video. But take this as a sign to visit a covered bridge in your area! www.coveredbridgesociety.org

[@IrvinGreene8008]

Delightful story! I heard a long time ago that the bridges were covered so travelers could escape bad weather. I like your reason better.

[@thomaskerrigan3244]

Glad you enjoyed it. It was a blast to research and shoot. Lots of architectural sources cite that reason for bridges being covered. That tidbit specifically came out of the covered bridge manual published by the US department of Transportation highways.dot.gov/media/6696