Manning-Rye Covered Bridge
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The Manning-Rye Covered Bridge, spanning the Palouse River near Colfax, Washington, was built around 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It has also been known as the Harpole Bridge. It was a work of the Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad, an interurban electric railroad. Its "timber housing protects a single span timber Howe truss which rests on timber pile abutments, encased with timber cribs." Although it is deemed a covered bridge, the top of the bridge was left uncovered to allow for connection between the locomotive and the overhead electric lines. The bridge came into ownership of the Great Northern Railroad, and was used as a railroad bridge until 1967. It was purchased in 1969 by a private owner who replaced rails by wooden planking and used it for automobile access to their property. It was located one mile from County Route 4, in the vicinity of Colfax, in Whitman County, Washington. The bridge was destroyed on September 7, 2020, by the Manning Fire, a wildfire that was started by a downed electric transmission line.
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When was Manning-Rye Covered Bridge listed on the National Register?
Manning-Rye Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 15, 1982.
What type of historic resource is Manning-Rye Covered Bridge?
Manning-Rye Covered Bridge is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Manning-Rye Covered Bridge is recorded as the industrial era.
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