National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges

06/06/2026

West Montrose Covered Bridge, Ontario

05/18/2026

For Society members, your Summer Topics and Newsletter were mailed today, Monday, May 18th. You should start seeing them in your mailboxes soon.
Not a member? Visit our website to learn more about us and consider joining to help preserve our nation's historic covered bridges while enjoying our magazine and Newsletter 4 times a year - www.coveredbridgesociety.org/membership.html

04/27/2026

We had a wonderful meeting in Revere Beach, Massachusetts on Sunday afternoon with in-person and remote attendees from seven states. Bill Caswell and Bob Watts discussed items from the Society's archives and a recently acquired collection. Thank you to all who attended.

04/17/2026

Funding has been approved for repairs to multiple historic structures within Franklin County, Indiana's Whitewater Canal State Historic Site including the one-of-a-kind covered wood truss aqueduct bridge.

We’re excited to share an update on the Whitewater Canal State Historic Site Preservation Project!

Yesterday, the Indiana State Budget Committee approved the release of $7.4 million in state-allocated funding. Together with the $7 million matching grant we announced in January, we have now secured $14.4 million to restore and preserve the Duck Creek Aqueduct, Laurel feeder dam and lock 24.

We will continue working through the planning process with our engineers so we can get the work out to bid. Please check back for updates as the project progresses.

Read more. >> https://bit.ly/3QJywl8

04/17/2026

After years of campaigning for its repair, SOS Pont Prud’homme has announced that the province of Québec contracted with a local firm, Gelco Construction, Inc., to repair the bridge which is about 2¼ hours northwest of Montréal. The $3,475,000 ($2.5M USD) project is expected to begin in June and be completed in the fall of 2027. The bridge was constructed in 1918 and has been closed to traffic since 2019.

🎉 Bonne nouvelle! Une grande étape de franchie!
Le contrat a été conclu pour la réfection du pont Prud’homme.
C’est GELCO CONSTRUCTION INC. qui a obtenu le contrat. Une entreprise de par chez nous.
Les travaux devraient débuter en juin 2026 pour prendre fin à l’automne 2027.
🔍 On va suivre ça de près. 👀

04/12/2026

After all the efforts that have been made over the years by various groups to maintain and repair the historic Sanborn Covered Bridge, it is unfortunate that the complications created by removing it from the river when it was in danger of collapsing, attempting to reconstruct it higher so it wasn’t as susceptible to flooding and needs to redesign the repairs multiple times due to these changes have caused the abandonment of plans to rebuild it over the river.
We appreciate all the efforts of the Town of Lyndon, Vermont, and the Preservation Trust of Vermont put into fundraising and obtaining grants and thank you to all who have donated towards the repair work. Given this setback, we encourage all explore alternative options for reconstructing this special covered bridge, the last of the large Paddleford truss covered bridges in Vermont.
https://www.vermontbridges.org/news_items_2026/vermont/sanborn_cb_project_abandoned.shtml

03/08/2026

Please help fund repairs to this historic covered bridge if you are able. Thank you.

The Historical Society of Perry County is proud and grateful to share that it has received nearly $3,000 in funding, along with additional funding commitments, from the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges to support repairs to its Red Covered Bridge property in Liverpool.

The bridge currently requires close to $12,000 in repairs, and we are incredibly grateful for the support of the National Society in helping preserve this important historic structure.

If you would like to help support the necessary structural stone masonry and wood repairs, donations by cash or check can be mailed to:

Historical Society of Perry County
PO Box 47
Landisburg, PA 17040

We look forward to seeing the Red Covered Bridge restored to its former glory.

03/02/2026

Thank you to Ben Botkin and Lookout Eugene-Springfield for this article about the challenges of maintaining our historic covered bridges.

In Lane County, covered bridges pose a challenge and an opportunity. County officials need to weigh the costs of keeping them maintained with the intrinsic value of preserving history.

03/02/2026

For Society members, your Spring Topics and Newsletter were mailed today, Monday, March 2nd. You should start seeing them in your mailboxes soon.
Not a member? Visit our website to learn more about us and consider joining to help preserve our nation's historic covered bridges while enjoying our magazine and Newsletter 4 times a year - www.coveredbridgesociety.org/membership.html

02/01/2026

Thank you to all who made donations, worked on fundraising, prepared grant applications and coordinated with historic preservation groups to make the long overdue repairs to Bogert's Bridge in Allentown, Pennsylvania a reality. These photos were taken by Bill and Jenn Caswell on January 31st. The work began in September and is anticipated to be completed at the end of this summer.