"Thousands of wooden bridges, the great majority of them covered, were built in the Middle West during the last century, and close to 400 of these survive today. This is an informal and non-technical account of bridges in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Minnesota, with emphasis on the types of structures, their builders, and the wonderful stories that have become associated with them over a period of 150 years."--Front flap.