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View of point Wolfe bridge from a scenic overlook in Fundy National Park. |
New Brunswick is home to 60 covered bridges most of which
are maintained by the provinces Department of Transportation and
Infrastructure. We have enjoyed walking and driving a
few of them and learning how to give a
polite toot of the horn when part way through to warn other cars that someone
is using the one way path.
Albert County, where we stayed, has 9 bridges.
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Crooked Creek #3 |
Crooked Creek #3 on Crooked Creek Road spans the Crooked
Creek. That sounds like a nursery rhyme doesn't it?
It was built in 1945 and is 93 feet long. The bridge is only 10 1/2 feet tall which
seemed very short to us in the truck. I
guess we are used to looking at clearances more carefully since we started
driving a 12 1/2 foot rig. You will be
happy to know that it didn't slow down the Fed-Ex truck at all.
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Sawmill Creek #0.5 |
Sawmill Creek #0.5 is no longer in service as a driving road
but is part of a walking trail that winds along route 114 through farmland with
coastal views. it was built in 1908 and
is 104 feet long.
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Point Wolfe |
Point Wolfe is located on a turn in Fundy National Park. It
is at the sight of an old saw mill. The red bridge is 94 feet long. The current
bridge was rebuilt in 1992 using the design of the original.
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Point Wolfe crosses a deep ravine |
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Fred in the window at Sawmill Creek |
We have been delighted to cross these wooden wonders, to see
the exposed beams in their roofs, to look out their windows and to drive across
their wooden floors. I am so happy that
New Brunswick values them and is preserving these pieces of history.
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I love the sound of driving on the wood floors of the bridges. |
Do they give a weiht limit on them, Bonnie? Very nice photos!
ReplyDeleteThanks. There was no weight limit posted just the height.
ReplyDeleteJim
ReplyDeleteAs Bonnie said no weight just height.
But the UPS Trucks like to drive across them very fast.