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Burkeville Covered Bridge

Conway, US

Burkeville Covered Bridge

The Burkeville Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge, carrying Main Poland Road over the South River in Conway, Massachusetts. Probably built in 1870, it is a regionally rare example of a multiple kingrod bridge with iron tensioning verticals (a modified Howe truss system), and one of a few 19

th century covered bridges to survive in Massachusetts. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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