Covered Bridges With Roof Porticos

January 22, 2002

Dear Joe:
Here are some more covered bridge photos [See "More CB Mail Bag"] This a comparison of those of Austria/Switzerland and Michigan.

The Austrian bridge is Kundler Klamm and the Michigan bridge is Zehnder's Holz-Brucke. To my knowledge, these are the only two in the world with roof porticos (watch this start some correspondence, but that is good for interest ). Again my pictures aren't the best but when a person doesn't have time to wait for good weather, he does the best he can.

The fourth photo is again most interesting (to me). ALFINSTERMUNZ, A-06-33/S-10-22, is a private foot bridge which straddles the border between two countries. The photos were taken with a 205 mm Zoom lens. Don't ask how I hung on to mostly thin air to get my shot!

Yours for more preservation of covered bridges,
Conrad (Connie) M. Nagengast,
Chula Vista, CA

Kundler Klamm Bridge (A-06-85)
Tirol Provence, Austria
Photo by C. M. Nagengast, 9/8/86

Holz-Brucke Bridge (22-73-02), Saginaw County, Michigan
Foot bridge at Zehnder's Restaurant, south side
Photo by C. M. Nagengast, 7/85

Holz-Brucke Bridge (22-73-02), Saginaw County, Michigan
Foot bridge at Zehnder's Restaurant, N.E. corner
Photo by C. M. Nagengast, 7/85

Altfinstermunz Bridge (A-06-33), Tyrol Provence, Austria
Private foot bridge spanning Austria-Swiss border
Photo by C. M. Nagengast, 9/11/86