Copeland Bridge, also known as Copeland Farm Bridge or Copeland Covered Bridge is a wooden

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over Beecher Creek in the town of Edinburg in

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. It was built in 1879, and is a small, timber framed, queenpost

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with a gable roof. It has a 30-foot span carried on

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abutments. ''Note:'' This includes an
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in 1998.

References

External links

Copeland Covered Bridge photos and more, at The Historical Marker Database

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