At 02:35 AM 9/28/97 +0000, Hazel wrote: >I was always under the impression that the reasons bridges were covered >was to keep them from icing over in the winter. You don't see covered >bridges in the south. >>>>>> I'm sorry, you are misinformed. There are many covered bridges in the south and there were many more. There are still nine within easy driving of Birmingham. > I think that there were two very good reasons for covering bridges. 1) To keep from scarring the hourses. A few years ago while walking across the "mile-high bridge" in Colorado I could not help but notice how many humans were very, very scarred and held on to others for dear life. Can you imagine what the heights might do to horses? 2) To preserve the timbers. While it took some wood to build the covering structure, that was nothing compared with the cost or work of building the bridge itself. > David Huffines ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== Have you visit the webpage associated with this mail list? If not go to http://members.aol.com/PennaDutch/pennadutch.html