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Larwood Bridge |
The attractive Larwood Bridge was built to Highway Commission specifications, which included a standard 105 foot length, partially exposed trusses, white-washed interior and rounded portals.
The covered span is located three miles north of Lacomb, next to Larwood Wayside Park. Roaring River, which empties into Crabtree Creek near the bridge, is the only river flow into a creek, an oddity in US geography that was featured in Ripley's BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
The Larwood community was named for William Larwood, who settled on the banks of Crabtree Creek and Roaring River in 1888. He planted the little town, built a store and blacksmith shop, and operated a post office from 1893 to 1903. A prior covered bridge was built about this time over Crabtree Creek, and for awhile, covered bridges spanned Roaring River and Crabtree Creek just a few feet apart. The town and old covered bridges are gone, but the rebuilt water powered mill and the present covered bridges remind us of the era.
