Built during 1850s
Barrackville Covered Bridge (Marion County, West Virginia)Built in 1853 by Eli & Lemuel Chenoweth
Burr arch-truss bridge over Finch's Run on CH 21 Before being closed
Open to pedestrians
Bidwell Bar Bridge (original) (Butte County, California)Suspension Bridge. Built in Troy, NY and shipped by clipper ship around the
Pedestrian Bridge
Open to pedestrians
Cades Mill Covered Bridge (Fountain County, Indiana)Built 1854 by Captain White
Covered bridge over Coal Creek on Cades Hollow Road
Open to pedestrians only
Carlyle Suspension Bridge (Clinton County, Illinois)Built 1859
Suspension bridge over Kaskaskia River at Fairfax Street in Carlyle
Open to pedestrians only
Crooks Covered Bridge (Parke County, Indiana)Built 1856 by Henry Wolfe; rebuilt 1867
Covered bridge over Little Raccoon Creek on CR 225 East
Open to traffic
Fall Creek Bridge (Adams County, Illinois)Completed October 8, 1855, by Joseph C. Elliott. Made obsolete by new bridge in 1949.
Stone arch bridge over Fall Creek just north of 223rd Lane (Payson Lane)
Open to pedestrians only
First Hennepin Avenue Suspension Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)Built 1854-55 by engineer Thomas Griffith; replaced 1876
Lost suspension bridge over the Mississippi River (West Channel) on Hennepin Avenue at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis
Replaced by the second suspension bridge
Forksville Covered Bridge (Sullivan County, Pennsylvania)Built 1850 by Samuel Sadler Rogers
Covered bridge over Loyalsock Creek on PA 4012 in Forksville
Open to traffic
Grant's Bend Tunnel (Kenton County, Kentucky)West tunnel built 1853; parallel east tunnel built 1912
Pair of railroad tunnels at Grant's Bend on the CSX Railroad just north of Lambs Ferry Road in Ryland Heights
Open to railroad traffic
Hillsgrove Covered Bridge (Sullivan County, Pennsylvania)Built 1850
Covered bridge over Loyalsock Creek on Covered Bridge Road (TR 357)
Open to traffic
Hollingshead Covered Bridge (Columbia County, Pennsylvania)Built 1851; rehabilitated 1999
Covered bridge over Catawissa Creek on Old Reading Road, east of Catawissa
Open to traffic
Indian Camp Covered Bridge (Guernsey County, Ohio)Built 1855; rehabilitated 1999
Covered bridge over Indian Camp Run on Covered Bridge Road (TR 611) just off OH 658
Open to one-lane traffic
Irondale Bridge (Washington County, Missouri)Built 1856
Stone arch bridge over Dry Creek on the Iron Mountain Railroad (now UPRR) north of Irondale in Irondale
Open to railroad traffic
Jefferson Street Bridge (Cole County, Missouri)Built 1857 by Dr. William A. Davison; widened in 1964 and 1980; replaced 1988
Lost stone arch bridge over East Branch Wears Creek on Jefferson Street in downtown Jefferson City
Replaced by a concrete culvert
Keefer Covered Bridge (Montour County, Pennsylvania)Built 1853 by William Butler; rehabilitated 1983
Covered bridge over Chillesquaque Creek on Keefer Mill Road
Open to traffic
Knapp's Covered Bridge (Bradford County, Pennsylvania)Built 1853; rehabilitated 2001
Covered bridge over Browns Creek on Browns Creek Road (TR 554)
Open to traffic
Mary's River Covered Bridge (Randolph County, Illinois)Built 1854; carried traffic until 1930; rehabilitated 1954 and 2004-05
Covered bridge over Little Mary's River northeast of Chester, just off IL 150
Open to pedestrians only
Mull Covered Bridge (Sandusky County, Ohio)Built 1851; made obsolete by new bridge in 1962 and closed to traffic
Covered bridge on CR 9 southwest of Fremont
Open to pedestrians only
Philippi Covered Bridge (Barbour County, West Virginia)The Philippi covered Bridge was the site of the first land battle of the Civil War. On June 3, 1861
Burr arch-truss bridge over Tygart Valley River on U.S. 250 in Philippi
Open to traffic
Pleasantville Covered Bridge (Berks County, Pennsylvania)Built 1852 as an uncovered bridge; covered in 1856
Covered bridge over Little Manatawny Creek on PA 1030 (Covered Bridge Road)
Open to traffic
Portland Mills Covered Bridge (Parke County, Indiana)Originally built 1856 by Henry Wolfe; relocated 1961; arsoned in 1989; reconstructed 1996
Covered bridge over Little Raccoon Creek on CR E650N
Open to traffic
Red Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)Built 1852; destroyed by a tornado in 1920
Lost covered bridge over Bourbeuse River somewhere near Union
Destroyed by severe weather
Richards Covered Bridge (Columbia County, Pennsylvania)Built 1852
Covered bridge over South Branch Roaring Creek on Jepko Road
Open to traffic
Shenk's Mill Covered Bridge (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)Built 1855; rehabilitated 1977
Covered bridge over Big Chickies Creek on Erisnan Road
Open to traffic
Switzer Covered Bridge (Franklin County, Kentucky)Built 1855. Rehabilitated in 1906 and again 1990. Bridge placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Bridge was washed off its supports on March 1, 1997, but restored in 1998.
Howe through truss bridge over North Elkhorn Creek on KY 1262
Open to pedestrians
Waldo Covered Bridge (Talladega County, Alabama)Built 1858. Bridge was used in the Civil War by Wilson's Raiders in April of 1865. Bridge remained in use until 1960.
Howe through truss bridge over Talladega Creek on an old Socopatoy Indian trail just off AL 77 behind Riddle's Mill Restaurant
Preserved but with approaches removed
Windham Road Bridge (Windham County, Connecticut)Built 1857
Two-span stone arch bridge over Willimantic River on Windham Road in Windham
Closed to traffic(?)