Wooden bridges with a roof

Why put a roof and walls on a bridge? Nobody needs shelter halfway across a river.

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Feature. The roof protects the bridge, not you.

Covered bridges keep rain and sun off the timber structure, which would otherwise rot quickly. The cover is there to make the wooden bridge last, not for travellers.

Source: Covered bridge, Wikipedia.

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