Bridge, Sycamore, Neighborhood

[fish]

Side street in coffee village....



5 yr old covered bridge in the village....built over a walking path....lady & dog headed down to the path. ( a wealthy little town!)

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[Mark2260]

Only ever see those bridges in films, they look nice.

[Mel46]

It is only 5 years old?? Down South there are a few of those original ones here and there on back roads. In fact, there is one a Stone Mountain that was moved there many years ago as a tourist attraction. It isn't wide enough for two-way traffic, so many of those are becoming pedestrian bridges, though I have ridden through one or two of them on some small back country roads here in Georgia... don't ask me where. I can't remember.

[cnikonpete]

Did they cover them to protect the “road” surface,or for some other reason?

[Mel46]

Back in the horse and buggy days travelers would get caught in the rain quite a bit. The covered bridge gave them a place to stop during heavy rain, or on really hot summer days it was cool shade because it usually was over a stream that had a breeze. That's the Southern reasons for them.

Also, the original bridges had wooden planks for flooring, not pavement.

[fish]

Did they cover them to protect the “road” surface,or for some other reason?

Originally to calm carriage horses, I think.
This new one is purely decorative built with communty $ and with a large private grant. It crosses a bike path....which are now constructed on old rail line throughways.
About 1/2 mile away is a real one, accessible now only on foot. Was originally a stage crossing of a creek.
Local legend is that Daniel Boone escaped from an indian war party by jumping a local gorge. I've seen the gorge.....it would take some big indians to make me attempt that leap!
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[cnikonpete]

I vaguely remember a film called Bridges of Madison County,due to Hollywood etc, a lot of the USA seems so familiar, I recall fondly the old style westerns when the good guys won, not like that anymore.

[Mel46]

The good guys still win. The problem is perception.
Everybody believes that they are the good guys, even the Orth Korean nutjob.