Fallasburg Covered Bridge

Fallasburg Covered Bridge is a Michigan historical marker in Lowell, Kent County, dedicated 2024.

Kent County · dedicated 2024 · 13944 Covered Bridge Road, Lowell

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John W. and Silas S. Fallas settled here in 1837, founding a village, which soon boasted a chair factory, sawmill, and gristmill. About 1840 the first of several wooden bridges was placed across the Flat River, but all succumbed in a short time to high water and massive spring ice jams. Bridge builder Jared N. [Brezee]of Ada was given a contract in 1871 to build the present structure. Constructed at a cost of fifteen hundred dollars, the bridge has latticework trusses made of white pine timbers. As in all covered bridges, the roof and siding serve to protect bridge timbers from rot. Repairs in 1905 and 1945 have kept the bridge safe for traffic for one hundred years.

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Fallasburg Covered Bridge150 ft

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