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I use to think that New England was the covered bridge capital of the world. However I have been educated by my friend Richard R. from Georgia about the multitude of cool covered bridges in his area. Now I've learned that New Brunswick, Canada also likes to think of itself as a center of covered bridges.
Makes sense to have covered bridge in New Brunswick since the weather is just so crappy. Covered bridges cost more to build but also last a lot longer. In 1975 New Brunswick was home to 113 covered bridges but by 2009 only 64 remained. Unfortunately most were destroyed by mindless vandalism.
The little village of St Martin has two covered bridges and it claims to be the the only place in the world where you can see a covered bridge while standing on a different covered bridge. Not sure if this is true but it sounds pretty cool.
The Vaughan Creek Bridge has a strange name because it actually goes over the Irish River. It was built back in 1935 and is 71'6" long. It looks in really good shape and the huge tour buses actually still drive over it. You can indeed see the other covered bridge as well as the lighthouse and cool views of the harbor.
This bridge certainly can't compare to the 1,282 foot long Hartland bridge in another part of New Brunswick but it still is very cool. Dark, narrow and smelling like old wood and salt water this is a special bridge that hopefully can survive the mindless idiots and vandals intent on it's destruction. read more