How record flooding damaged New Brunswick’s famous ‘kissing bridges’

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New Brunswick reportedly had about 340 covered bridges in the early 1940s, but now has fewer than 60.

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Covered bridges remain a major part of tourism marketing for the province — which calls them “kissing bridges” and offers a map of them.

The province says five roads remain closed because of flood damage, and at least one other new bridge will have to be built at a higher elevation in Edmunston, N.B.

“Over the course of the flood, 160 transportation assets were affected,” Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Bill Fraser said in a statement. “Of those, 148 have been identified for remedial work.”

The Canadian Press