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Covered Bridges in the state of Washington, USA

🍁Grays River Covered Bridge is a one-lane covered bridge over the Grays River in western Wahkiakum County, in the state of Washington. It is the only covered bridge still in use as a public highway in Washington State. The bridge was built in 1905 in order to allow horse and wagon agricultural traffic to cross the river. The bridge was covered three years later in 1908 to preserve the expensive wooden trusses from the ravages of the area rains. The roof of the covered bridge was originally built of "board and batten cedar siding with a capped tin roof." The bridge received a major restoration and reconstruction in 1988. In disrepair and at risk of being torn down, residents worked to raise funds for restoration. The new bridge included steel beams some of which received a wood veneer to maintain the bridge's historic appearance.

🍁Manning-Rye Covered Bridge, spanning the Palouse River near Colfax, Washington, was built around 1918. It has also been known as the Harpole Bridge. It was a work of the Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad, an interurban electric railroad. Its "timber housing protects a single span timber Howe truss which rests on timber pile abutments, encased with timber cribs." Although it is deemed a covered bridge, the top of the bridge was left uncovered to allow for connection between the locomotive and the overhead electric lines. The bridge came into ownership of the Great Northern Railroad, and was used as a railroad bridge until 1967. It was purchased in 1969 by a private owner who replaced rails by wooden planking and used it for automobile access to their property. It is located one mile from County Route 4, in the vicinity of Colfax, in Whitman County, Washington.

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