Covered Bridge at Messiah College

Covered bridges hold such nostalgia from times gone by.  Covered bridges date back to ancient Babylon (780 B.C.).  However,  Pennsylvania’s first covered bridge was not built until 1800.   So, why were they covered?  Covering the trusses protected them from the weather thus, creating a longer life expectancy and saving money in repairs and replacement.  Of the roughly 1500 original covered bridges around 200 remain in Pa.  http://pittsburgh.about.com/cs/pennsylvania/a/covered_bridges.htm

While heading to Ski Roundtop after a recent snowfall, I took a quick detour to the covered bridge at Messiah College.