The first Bridgeton Covered Bridge was a 245-foot (75 m) long double span Burr Arch bridge built in 1868 by a crew led by J.J. Daniels. The bridge was closed to traffic in 1968. The first Bridgeton Covered Bridge was burned by an arsonist on April 28, 2005.
The second Bridgeton Covered Bridge was built in 2006 by local citizens and the state of Indiana.
Famous quotes containing the words covered and/or bridge:
“When the light was extinguished,
She covered me warm,
And she prayed to the angels
To keep me from harm—”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
“Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.”
—Paul Simon (b. 1949)