The Burr Arch Truss—or, simply, Burr Truss or Burr Arch—is a combination of an arch and a multiple kingpost truss design. It was invented in 1804 by Theodore...

Theodore Burr (August 16, 1771 – November 22, 1822) was an inventor from Torrington, Connecticut, who was credited with the Burr Arch Truss bridge design...

Look up burr in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Burr may refer to: Cape Burr, a headland in South Australia Mount Burr, South Australia, a town and mountain...

A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units...

usually of the Towne lattice truss or Burr truss design. Some later bridges were McCallum trusses (a modification of the Burr truss). About 1840, iron rods...

player Tanya Burr (born 1989), English vlogger and blogger Theodore Burr (1771-1822/24), American inventor of the Burr Truss Theodosia Burr Alston (1783–1813)...

having a third, central truss. Many different truss designs were used. One of the most popular designs was the Burr Truss, patented in 1817, which used...

Pennsylvania, United States. The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design. The bridge, which spans the Conestoga River, is 180 feet (55 m)...

Fourteen of these were built before 1870 and represent the most common truss styles (Burr Arch) in Indiana. Parke County bills itself as the covered bridge...

Bartram's Covered Bridge, a historic covered bridge built in 1860, uses a Burr Truss design and carried Goshen Road over Crum Creek on the border between Delaware...

receive vehicle traffic. The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. It is painted entirely...

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into building an ill-fated bridge, using hundreds of wooden trestles, 31 Burr Truss spans, and a centre-pivot swing bridge to allow boats to pass. The prime...

has a single span, wooden, double pyramidal-shaped Burr-type trusses and multiple king post truss design with the addition of steel hanger rods. It is...

1884 by Elias McMellen. The bridge has a two-span, wooden, double Burr arch truss design with the addition of steel hanger rods. It is the only two-span...

Harshaville, Adams County, Ohio, United States. Built in 1855, it is a Burr truss bridge with a 110-foot span. It has sheet metal siding, a metal roof and...

from within the park. The bridge has a single span, wooden, double burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. The deck is made from...

bridge is 74 feet long and 13 feet three inches wide. It has a wooden burr type truss and was built in 1849 by Henry Zook. Unlike many other bridges in the...

builders on the other side. The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. The deck is made from...

Oberholzer's Covered Bridge. The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design. It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County...

Soudersburg Bridge. The bridge had a double span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design. It was painted red on the outside, the traditional color of...

over Sugar Creek north-northeast of Montezuma, Indiana. The two-span Burr Arch Truss covered bridge structure was built by Joseph J. Daniels in 1876. It...

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Chickies Creek until 2002). The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. The deck is made from...

15 feet (4.6 m) wide. The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. It is painted red,...

8, 1802. 1804 Burr Truss The Burr Arch Truss, Burr Truss, or the Burr Arch, is a combination of an arch and a multiple kingpost truss design typically...

and Paradise Bridge. The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. The deck is made from...

2010. Keller's Mill Covered Bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. The deck is made from...

the Pequea #8 Bridge. The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. The deck is made from...

Chickies Creek until 2002). The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design. It is the only covered bridge in the county painted entirely...