PHOTO HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS COVERED BRIDGES SHEFFIELD BERKSHIRES WESTERN HILLS CONNECTICUT VALLEY CENTRAL & EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

IMAGES OF AMERICA PHOTO HISTORY SOFTBOUND BOOK in ENGLISH by JOHN S. BURK

From hidden valleys in the Berkshire Hills to the North Shore, 275 documented highway and railroad covered bridges have been constructed in Massachusetts from the early 19th century onward, a figure that often comes as a surprise to those who traditionally associate these unique structures with northern New England. All but a small handful of these are long gone, lost to modern replacements, fires, wear, and the region's notorious weather, especially the devastating storms of the late 1930s. The bridges came in all shapes and sizes, from diminutive 50-foot spans to multitiered structures of nearly 900 feet that crossed the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers and were stout enough to support railroads across their roofs.

SHEFFIELD UPPER BRIDGE, ORIGINAL and SECOND LOWER BRIDGE HOUSATONIC RIVER, SOUTH LEE, SAND SPRINGS IN WILLIAMSTOWN, MOODY BRIDGE HOOSIC RIVER, NORTH ADAMS, PHELPS AVENUE GREYLOCK, FLORIDA HOOSAC TUNNEL STATION TWO BRIDGE, DEERFIELD RIVER VALLEY, MILL BROOK CHARLEMONT BISSELL BRIDGE, LONG BRIDGE DEERFIELD RIVER, NORTH RIVER BRIDGE, SHELBURNE FALLS, GRISWOLDVILLE COVERED BRIDGE COLRAIN, WEST BRAANHC, ADAMSVILLE BRIDGE, COLRAIN’S ELM GROVE BRIDGE, HUGH THOMPSON BRIDGE, WILLIS WILLETTS PLACE BRIDGE, COLRAIN LYLE LYAL SMITH BRIDGE, FRANK HERZIG BRIDGE, COLRAIN ARTHUR SMITH BRIDGE, BURKEVILLE BRIDGE SOUTH RIVER, CUMMINGTON’S VILLAGE BRIDGE WESTFIELD RIVER, VILLAGE BRIDGE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, NORWICH BRIDGE HUNTINGTON, CREAMERY BRIDGE ASHFIELD, COWLES BRIDGE, HORTON’S BRIDGE, PUMPING STATION BRIDGE GREEN RIVER GREENFIELD, COUNTY FARMS BRIDGE, SMEAD BRIDGE, GREENFIELD MILL STREET BRIDGE, NASH MILL BRIDGE, PETTY PLAIN BRIDGE, MONTAGUE CITY BRIDGE, WILEY AND RUSSELL BRIDGE, CHEAPSIDE BRIDGE, EAST DEERFIELD YARD BRIDGE, MANHAM RIVER EASTHAMPTON, HOCKNUM FORD RIVER BRIDGE, CHICOPEE FALLS BRIDGE, SPRINGFIELD OLD TOLL BRIDGE, MEMORIAL BRIDGE, COLLINS STATION BRIDGE, ERVING PAPER MILL BRIDGE, PARTRIDGEVILLE GAGE ROAD BRIDGE, ATHOL CHESTNUT HILL AVENUE BRIDGE, OLD RED RAILROAD BRIDGE BOSTON & MAINE, SOUTH ROYALSTON, PALMER’S FOREST LAKE BRIDGE, WARE-GILBERTVILLE BRIDGE, CEMETERY BRIDGE, TAFT BRIDGE, QUABOAG RIVER LOWER VILLAGE WARREN, BANNIGAN BANNIGOR HEIGHTS RED BRIDGE, MILLVILLE BRIDGE, NASHUA RIVER, PEPPERELL BRIDGE, WATEROUS BRIDGE, HAVERHILL PALMER BRIDGE, HAVERHILL’S ROCKS VILLAGE BRIDGE