A couple years ago on my way to La Crosse for Girls Weekend, I noticed a covered bridge between Waupaca and Wild Rose. I was going to check it out on the way home but my route took me a different way. So it went on the bucket list.
When the hubby said he wanted to go to Waushara County for a Christmas Tree, I hoped we would get to go past the covered bridge. All I remembered it was just past a curve on the left hand side of the road. Yeah I know not much to go by. After looking at Google Maps, I found it was the Spring Water Covered Bridge and is located on Hwy 22 between Waupaca and Wild Rose.
We decided to stop on the way home from getting out Christmas Tree. Spring Water Covered Bridge was built in 1997 and is one you can actually drive through. I don't know the reason behind wanting to build a covered bridge in the late 1990s unless it was replacing an existing covered bridge. Covered bridges were originally to provide shelter from the elements to weary buggy travels.
When we got to the covered bridge, I hopped out of the car and snapped a few pictures. Then we drove through the covered bridge. It wasn't the first one we drove through but it was still a neat experience.
There are couple others in Wisconsin that I still need to see. There's one in Gays Mills, Boscobel, and Park Falls to discover yet.
If you ever find yourself on Hwy 22 between Waupaca and Wild Rose, take a few minutes to check out the Spring Water Covered Bridge and enjoy the park. It looks to be good fishing too.
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