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A new bridge, built in
2000 to celebrate the National Trails history, and to help remember the
builders of
the original bridge: Dennis Hanks, Thomas Lincoln and possibly
Abraham
Lincoln.
The structure is in the burr-arch method of construction. |
National Road Covered Bridge
The Embarras River (pronounced umbraw) near Greenup was the site of a covered bridge possibly built by Abe and Thomas Lincoln and Dennis Hanks. The original bridge was 200 feet long. Reconstruction of the bridge began in 1998 and was dedicated in September, 2000. Visible off the North side of I-70, accessible from Greenup. Rt. 40 or I-70 east.