This is a partial list of wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Name | Location (in Michigan) | Built | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Ackley covered bridge | Greenfield Village | 1832 | Moved from Pennsylvania in 1937 |
Ada Covered Bridge | Ada | 1867 | uses Brown truss; listed with both the Michigan Historic Register & National Register of Historic Places. |
Augusta covered bridge | Augusta | 1973 | Relocated 1999 |
Black River covered bridge | Black River | ||
Fallasburg Bridge | Fallasburg | 1871 | uses Brown truss; listed with both the Michigan Historic Register & National Register of Historic Places. |
Fishers covered bridge | Deerfield Park | 1996 | technically not a covered bridge in that the sheathing does not protect the structure (per) |
Langley Covered Bridge | Centreville | 1887 | Listed with both the Michigan Historic Register & National Register of Historic Places. |
Whites Bridge | Smyrna | 1869 | uses Brown truss; listed with both the Michigan Historic Register & National Register of Historic Places. |
Zehnder's Holz Brucke | Frankenmuth | 1979 | after World War II, the second most recent bridge (per) |
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