The Colville Covered Bridge
I'm going to try something a little different for this post and put all sources at the end, so if you want to know where I got the following information from, all sources will be listed at the end. If you haven't read my previous post, ignoring the blog update, I highly recommend you do as both this post and that one are very much so linked. The post I'm referring to is 'Whitney's Killer Crash', and I will include a link at the end of this post. The Colville Covered Bridge is located on the Colville Road and spans Hinston Creek near the Harrison County line, Kentucky. These kinds of bridges had been around since the late 1700s, and were covered to protect the bridge from the weather. Many ended up being destroyed during the American Civil War through both sides burning them down, and this occured between 1861 and 1865. The Colville Covered Bridge, however, was built by Jacob Bower during 1877, which means it is one of few covered bridges left. This p...