CTReaderEast.com Local News, Read all about it!: History Seeps From The Wood Of The Comstock Covered Bridge History Seeps From The Wood Of The Comstock Covered Bridge ================================================================================ Colchester on 17 September, 2009 02:53:51 I love the smell of old wood. Really, really old wood. And I guess a covered bridge built in 1791 qualifies even though much of the original planks and floorboards were replaced by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936.