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| Satolli Glassmeyer posted *New Documentary* Medora! Longest Covered Bridge in the United States! Two important aspects about this documentary. First, for over 10 years I have been trying to find someone to fund a video project about this very historic bridge. That finally happened two weeks ago and without their help, this video would never exist. Thank you! Secondly, I was told about where I could find the initials of the stone masons who built the abutments and piers in 1875 and I found them!!!! The story is in the comments below. Tim Berry: The Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge between Cornish, NH and Windsor Vermont is 449' 5" and still carries traffic, two spans. Satolli Glassmeyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHkvEld-WRs [Why don't people just include the link in the description?] |
431' long (131m)
The state spent over a million dollars in 2011 to restore the bridge.
I watched this video when it showed up in my YouTube feed. I don't like "come explore with me (i.e. watch me walk)" videos so I stopped watching at 12:00 when I got another ad.
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| Rick Morwick posted Medora Covered Bridge, longest historic covered bridge in the U.S. Built in 1875, it spans the White River at 461 feet [140.5m] (Medora, Ind.). Mike Santosusso: If you judge length by the space between the river supports (clear span), the Medora is longer. If you judge it by the total length of the wooden superstructure (truss length), the Cornish-Windsor is longer. Historic bridges aside, the Smolen-Gulf is the longest in the US. Margaret Morse: Ashtabula, Ohio: Longest Covered Bridge in U.S. Covered bridge over the Ashtabula River is 613 feet [187m] long, with pedestrian walkways on both sides. Dedicated in 2008. Beats the previous record-holder, a 449-foot[137m] long span between Vermont and New Hampshire that was built in 1866. |
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| Leigh Ann Martin Hawkins commented on Rick's post Picture I took of the inside of the Medora Covered Bridge in 2020💜 |
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