Hi DLB,

I would have thought that there would be little incentive to repair / restore/ rebuild this bridge since a modern bridge has already been constructed alongside the old bridge relegating the old bridge to being more of a tourist attraction / curiosity.

The sweeping away of the Lower Bartonsville covered bridge in Vermont featured here in England on the national TV news.

Once upon a time England (especially London) had many timber bridges however now rather sadly I cannot think of any that remain. A number of years ago we tried hard to get Oxfordshire County Council to build a new covered timber bridge at the old Bablock Hythe crossing point over the river Thames but eventually this project was kicked into the long grass mainly because there is no longer any real experience of building significant timber bridges in England using this method and there is also an inability to understand and quantify the risks associated with this building method.

Salesmanship is a real talent !

Regards

Ken Hume