Welcome to Kings County

The Kings County Covered Bridge Festival committee offers sincere thanks to the many businesses, organizations and people who make this event possible! Please support these businesses as they support our province’s covered bridges.

Covered Bridges in New Brunswick Preservation Association, Fredericton

Down East Arts, Sussex

Hammond River Angling Association, Nauwigewauk

Hooper Studios, Hampton
kcnb dot ca- www.kcnb.ca

Kings County Big Brothers Big Sisters, Sussex
Kings County Rentals Ltd., Sussex
Kissing Bridges Gift Shop, Newtown

Main Street Books, Sussex

New Brunswick Department of Transportation
Promoting New Brunswick, Fredericton

River Valley Trailblazers (Volkssport), Fredericton

Sessions Café and Pub, Rothesay

Sussex and Area Crisis Pregnancy Centre

Sussex Access Centre

Sussex Artists Co-op

Sussex Downtown Business Association

Tim Hortons, Sussex
Town of Sussex

P.O. Box 7015

Sussex Corner, New Brunswick

Canada. E4E 5M3

information@coveredbridges.ca

Many of the first covered bridges of Kings County were named after a man who developed the design called the "Town Design". Mr. Ithiel Town of Connecticut patented the design in 1820.

In 1830, a man named Howe improved the design, by placing iron rods between the upper and lower chords. Nuts were attached to the threaded ends of the rods, by tightening these whenever sagging began, the construction was easily trued. This was known as a Howe design.