Black plaque № 46049

Hillsboro Covered Bridge. Built circa 1865-70, this bridge is a single 86 ft. span and a good example of Theodore Burr's truss employing multiple king posts. The yellow pine timbers have double-shouldered braces. Abutments are of "red stone"; corrugated sheet metal covers roof and sides. It was orig

inally double-sided with yellow poplar. Listed on National Register of Historic Places, 1976. (Reverse) Covered Bridges Covered bridges were first built in the 1790s but did not become widely popular

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