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  Given its location alongside NB Route 114 between Moncton , Hopewell Rocks , and Fundy National Park , the Sawmill Creek Covered Bridge is one of the more recognizable covered bridges in Albert County, New Brunswick, and possibly the entire province. Located on the Sawmill Creek near Hopewell Hill, the Sawmill Creek Covered Bridge is built in a Howe truss design which is common for many covered bridges found throughout New Brunswick. The covered bridge is 105 feet (33 meters) long and sits in a roadside park, serving only pedestrian, bicycle, and horse traffic. In my research, I've found two competing dates of the Sawmill Creek Covered Bridge, 1905 and 1908. But the bridge's history precedes either of those years. On October 4, 1869, the Saxby Gale was a powerful storm where the combined forces of wind and high tides destroyed homes and killed people and livestock along the Bay of Fundy in both New Brunswick and neighboring Nova Scotia. As a result of the Saxby Gale , the o...

Built nearly 45 years apart, the Mississippi River bridges in Vicksburg, MS are a great demonstration of how transportation and traffic changed dramatically in the United States during the 20th Century. Opened in 1930, what is now known as the Old Vicksburg Bridge, was a missing link in the early American transportation network. Prior to the bridge's completion, all vehicle and rail traffic had to cross the Mississippi via ferry. The newly completed bridge solved that issue by having one rail line and an 18-foot roadway cross the mighty river. The bridge, at the time the only Mississippi River bridge south of Memphis, would be a key connection for east-west travel in the South. However, the bridge would quickly become outdated. At only 18 feet wide, the roadway was extremely difficult for trucks to navigate - and in later years the bridge would halt traffic to allow trucks to cross along with daytime-only crossings. With the creation of the Interstate Highway System, the bridge ...

Legislative Route Number 141 was a State Highway and western bypass of the city of Bakersfield which existed before the 1964 California State Highway Renumbering.  Legislative Route Number 141 was brought into the State Highway System during 1933 and never was assigned a Sign State Route.  At it's fullest extent Legislative Route Number 141 began from US Route 99 at Golden State Avenue and followed Pierce Road, Rosedale Highway, Oak Street and Brundage Lane to US Route 99-399 at Union Avenue.  Elements of Legislative Route Number 141 were incorporated into the US Route 99 and California State Route 58 bypasses of downtown Bakersfield.  Above as the blog cover Legislative Route Number 141 via the then new Oak Street Overhead can be seen as it was during November 1939. The history of Legislative Route Number 141 Legislative Route Number 141 (LRN 141) was brought into the State Highway System as part of 1933 Legislative Chapter 767.  The original definition of LRN ...