The Lake of the Woods Covered Bridge was constructed in 1965 to connect the two sides of Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve in Mahomet, Illinois. Designed by German Gurfinkel, a Civil Engineering instructor at the University of Illinois, the bridge was a replica of the Pepperel Bridge near Boston. The work took 18 months to complete and cost $55,000; the covered bridge is a relic of the past. This particular one not built until the mid-1960's, yet is a monument to the memories of another time when people had to construct these to get over valleys and water. A huge undertaking for those that built it, they likely never considered the valuable landmark it would serve as today.
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