You may have heard of singing bridges, but have you ever heard of a crybaby bridge?

Crybaby bridges are a cultural phenomenon across the country. While in the vicinity of dozens of bridges nationwide, people claim they hear a crying baby or a wailing mother.

These occurrences are tied to local urban legends, many of which share a similar storyline.

Here’s a look at some of the better-known crybaby bridges and the legends that surround them.

Van Sandt Covered Bridge - Solebury Township, Penn.

One of the more infamous crybaby bridges stands today in Solebury Township, Penn., over the Pidcock Creek.

Constructed in 1875, the covered bridge is said to be haunted by several spirits, according to 6abc Action News.

Allegedly, a young woman threw her baby off the bridge and then proceeded to hang herself. It is said her cries can still be heard at night when traveling across the bridge.

Later, in 1910, a fatal accident occurred when two men were crossing the bridge and the bridge deck fell out from underneath them. One of the men survived by clinging to the bridge’s siding, while the other died when he became entangled in the wreckage, according to the Mercer Museum and Fonthilll Castle’s website.

The bridge deck was repaired in 1915 after the collapse.

Crybaby Bridge- Monmouth, Ill.

Located three miles north of Monmouth, Ill., this single-lane steel bridge crossing Cedar Creek stands in the place of a wooden bridge that stood for about 75 years before being moved in the 1930s, according to AllThatsInteresting.

But the moving of the bridge did not banish the spirits that are said to remain at the location that is home to multiple local legends.

The bridge is reportedly the site of a flood that caused an elementary school bus to hurtle off the side of the bridge, drowning all of the passengers on board, according to reporting from radio station Q985.

It is believed that if someone puts their car in neutral when driving the bridge at night, the ghostly hands of the drowned school children will push you back to safety if you veer towards the edge of the bridge, AllThatsInteresting reported. More than that, if you sprinkle baby powder on the car’s back bumper, it is said you can see their fingerprints.

Another local legend at the site is that a single, unwed mother threw her week-old child off the bridge out of fear of being shamed and ostracized, according to the Review Atlas.

Lastly, it is said that the ghost of a man can sometimes be seen in the area, after he was struck by a group of joy-riding teenagers while he was fishing from the bridge.

Sleepy Hollow Road Bridge – Oldham County, Ky.

Where a covered bridge one stood, crossing Harrods Creek along the windy Sleepy Hollow Road, stands an unassuming crossing made of concrete and steel.

According to Kentucky Monthly, off this bridge, mothers would throw their babies to be washed out to the Ohio River.

Now, many claim that once stopped at the bottom or passing through with your windows open, travelers can hear the cries of babies crying out for their mothers, mothers wailing for the loss of their children or even the splash of a body hitting the waters swarming beneath the bridge.

Other folklore coming from near the bridge involves the neighboring Devil’s Point, which is said to have been the site of satanic rituals in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Kentucky Monthly reported. Some have reported seeing a soldier on horseback up on the ridge, others have seen lights flying beside their car or moving through the trees, and some have claimed to have experienced a time warp—where it seems they have only been traveling for five minutes through the pass to come out and find hours have gone by.

There have also been two separate sightings of an old woman in the road nearby the bridge.

Egypt Road – Salem, Ohio

Similar to other crybaby bridge stories is one located just off Egypt Road, where a mother is said to have tossed her unwanted child off the bridge after her family disowned her for giving birth out of wedlock, according to AllThatsInteresting.

Another legend at the site reported by WFMJ says that a toddler wandered into the waters below the bridge and drowned as their parents argued. Some have said that the father’s ghost can still be found lurking near the site in search of his child.

Ongoing incidents at the bridge have only boosted its haunted status.

In 2010, a 60-year-old woman was found strangled to death near the bridge with her body covered in burns, according to Salem News.

Beyond that reported tragedy, local lore adds another layer of mystery: A ghostly mist is said to rise up from the waters when travelers park their car on the bridge and shine their headlights at midnight. Others say if you cross the bridge and follow the road, you will vanish into thin air.

Whether you believe in ghosts or simply enjoy a good local legend, crybaby bridges offer more than a way across the water. The stories surrounding them turn ordinary crossings into places of mystery, where a sound in the darkness can leave the imagination running wild.

Sources: 6abcnews, Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle, AllThatsInteresting, Q985, Review Atlas, Kentucky Monthly, Salem News