This is one of Missouri's five covered bridges... the Sandy Creek Covered Bridge, originally lost to a flood and rebuilt in 1884, remaining as you see it today. It's about 45 minutes outside St. Louis, so perfect for an exploration. Processed for a vintage feel.
10/1/2020: Finished year 7 (!), with continuing gratitude towards this amazing community. Based in St. Louis, MO. Regular worker-bee and self-taught photography dilettante....
Fantastic! My great-grand aunt documented covered bridges in the county in which I grew up. Sadly, she also documented the demise of many. I'm so glad this still exists! Great captures.
We don't have these, and so when I first saw them on 365, I wondered why they were covered, and I asked the Internet. Here's what I found. The floor boards would weather and rot and lose their integrity. By covering the bridge, if the wood above needed to be replaced, at least the bridge itself would still hold. The other reason is that horses may be afraid to cross a running river, so the entrances were built like the entrances of barns for familiarity.
I love covered bridges!! They are so quaint and such a great reminder of our past!! Is this one used just for walking across? We have one here in Georgia called "The Imlac or Red Oak Covered Bridge", that we went to see and it was used in a movie that for the life of me I cannot remember. It was used for a big shoot out scene during the bootleg times!! This is such an awesome capture!!!! Love the color too!!! FAV!
@cashew Just a walking bridge right now, paths for hiking on either side. It is amazing to think that it was built to help rural folks get to the "big city" of St. Louis - now, just a 30 min. highway drive away.
Impressive capture of that important relic. We don't have much in the way of really old structures, certainly no covered bridges. Thanks for visiting my sunrise.
Thanks to @cejaanderson - I always wondered why they were covered.