Manning-Rye Covered Bridge

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.[1] It has also been known as the Harpole Bridge.

Manning-Rye Covered Bridge
LocationSpans Palouse River, Colfax, Washington
Coordinates46.928388°N 117.415340°W / 46.928388; -117.415340 (Manning-Rye Covered Bridge)
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1918
Built bySpokane & Inland Empire Railroad
MPSHistoric Bridges/Tunnels in Washington State TR
NRHP reference No.82004307[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 16, 1982

It was a work of the Spokane & 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.[2]

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.[2]

It is located one mile from County Route 4, in the vicinity of Colfax, in Whitman County, Washington.

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