We also have them in Canada, but there aren't many left. There is one left in the whole province of Ontario in the village of West Montrose, near Kitchener where I once lived.
Of note is the fact that the world's longest covered bridge spans the St. John River at Hartland, New Brunswick: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartland_Bridge Makes me proud to be a Canadian! :-) BTW the reason they were covered was not to keep users dry, rather to keep water off the wooden road bed in an effort to prevent rot so the bed would not have to be replaced as often. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Brian Walters <[email protected]> Sent: March 25, 2012 3/25/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: PESO: Oregon City Bridge Quoting Jack Davis <[email protected]>: > Beautiful weather and fresh green Sierra foothills too much for my > wife and I to resist. > This post to share. > > Jack > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=638 Very attractive rural scene. Covered bridges seem (to me) to be intimately associated with the USA (apologies if they're common elsewhere, but they're unknown in my neck of the woods). I often wonder why they needed to be covered. -- Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
