The
Eighth edition (2021) of the World Guide to Covered Bridges is an update to the
2009 Guide.
Available now!
Copies to US addresses can be ordered on-line from the Books for Sale page or print an order form to mail with your check or money order. The book is $15. Shipping costs are $4 for media mail ($19 total) and $8 for priority mail ($23 total).
See a sample of pages from the
2021
World Guide.
Some changes from previous editions that have been incorporated include:
- Addition of a glossary of covered bridge terminology.
- Expanded descriptions of historic truss types.
- Lists of bridges added & removed since the prior edition (2009).
- Directions for most bridges were updated due to changes in road names, route numbers, etc.
- GPS coordinates have been edited to more consistently represent the center of the bridge.
- Addition of GPS coordinates for most of the bridges outside of the US and Canada.
- Formatting has been applied to each US and Canadian bridge to indicate placement in one of
three categories. This will aid readers who prefer to focus their attention on those types of structures. These are only working definitions and still subject to refinement. Feel free to offer your thoughts on the categories.
- Historic structures built using traditional designs are indicated with bold type.
- American bridges which are included on the National Register of Historic Places are noted by "(NR)" at the end of the directions and printed in bold italic type.
- Other structures are shown in normal print.
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For those who already have a current World Guide, an update is available in PDF format.
The update for the previous (2009) edition is no longer being updated.