William Howe (architect)

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Modified Howe Truss design. HAER report

William Howe, born in 1803 in Spencer, Massachusetts, was an American bridge builder. He patented the Howe truss design for covered bridges in 1840.^[1] He died in 1852.

Examples of Howe bridges

Existing examples of Howe truss bridges include:

United States

Buskirk Bridge, built in 1852 in Washington County, New York
Rexleigh Bridge, built in 1874 in Washington County, New York
Adams Mill Covered Bridge, built in 1872 in Carroll County, Indiana
Bean Blossom Bridge, built in 1800 in Brown County, Indiana
Busching Bridge, built in 1885 in Ripley County, Indiana
Cades Mill Bridge, built in 1854 in Fountain County, Indiana
Ceylon Bridge, built in 1862 in Adams County, Indiana
Cumberland Bridge, built in 1877 in Grant County, Indiana
Darlington Bridge, built in 1868 in Montgomery County, Indiana
Dick Huffman Bridge, built in 1880 in Putnam County, Indiana
Holton Bridge, built in 1880 in Ripley County, Indiana
Houck Covered Bridge, built in 1880 in Putnam County, Indiana
Lancaster Bridge, built in 1872 in Carroll County, Indiana
Pine Bluff Bridge, in Putnam County, Indiana
Roann Bridge, built in 1872 in Wabash County, Indiana
Rob Roy Bridge, built in 1860 in Fountain County, Indiana
Scipio Bridge, built in 1886 in Jennings County, Indiana
Snow Hill Bridge, built in 1894 in Franklin County, Indiana
Spencerville Bridge, built in 1873 in Dekalb County, Indiana
Stockheughter Bridge, built in 1887 in Franklin County, Indiana
Traders Point Bridge, built in 1880 in Marion County, Indiana
Williams Bridge, built in 1884 in Lawrence County, Indiana

Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Aarebrücke, built in 1863 between Fulenbach, Canton of Solothurn, and Murgenthal, Aargau
Belforttobelbrücke, built in Brienz/Brinzauls, Graubünden
Heiligholzbrücke, built in 1915 in Münchenstein, Basel-Landschaft
Nöllenbrücke, built in 1912 in Widnau, Canton of St. Gallen
Punt d'En Scuol-Sot, built in 1878 in Scuol, Graubünden
Punt Grondo, built in 1857 in Sumvitg, Graubünden
Rheinbrücke, built in 1900 between Sevelen, Canton of St. Gallen, and Vaduz in Liechtenstein
Riedernbrüggli, built in 1951 in Ueberstorf, Canton of Fribourg
Sodbachbrücke, built in 1867 in Wahlern, Canton of Bern
Wengibrücke, built in 1989 in near Kaltbrunn, Canton of St. Gallen
Zwischenwasserbrücke, builte in 1888 in Entlebuch, Canton of Lucerne

References

↑ Raymond W. Smith (December, 1977), Covered Bridges of Washington County TR / Buskirk, Rexleigh, Eagleville, and Shushan Covered Bridges PDF (708 KiB), National Park Service Check date values in: |date= (help)

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