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At 18 feet (5.5 m), it has been called the shortest covered bridge in the United States. [2] The bridge, one of 17 drivable covered bridges in the county, was designed by John Smolen, former Ashtabula County Engineer and the designer of the Smolen–Gulf Bridge, the longest covered bridge in the U.S., also in Ashtabula County.
Fairfield County has 18 covered bridges. [1]: 68–69 The Smolen–Gulf Bridge, at 613 feet, is currently the longest multi-span covered bridge in the United States. The West Liberty Covered Bridge, at 18 feet, has been called the shortest covered bridge in the United States. The list below is not comprehensive.
However, in 2011, some folks up in Ashtabula County built the West Liberty Street Covered Bridge over a culvert and claimed that − at 18 feet, four inches − it was the shortest one in the world.
The bridge was constructed in 1870 and was relocated in 1982 behind a now closed restaurant on Ohio State Route 154 in Elkton, Ohio. [2] Spanning 19 feet 3 inches, the bridge is one of the shortest covered bridges for public highway use in the United States. [3] It is a 2-panel single kingpost design. [4]
Oct. 6—At one time, hundreds of covered bridges dotted northeast Ohio's landscape. A popular construction in 18th century Connecticut, the early settlers of the Western Reserve brought this ...
It lies along Ohio State Route 154 at the confluence of Elk Run and the Little Beaver Creek and has the ZIP code 44415. It is home to the Federal Correctional Institution, Elkton, a male low-security federal prison. [2] Additionally, Elkton is home to one of the shortest covered bridges in the United States, the Church Hill Road Covered Bridge.
The Pack Saddle Covered Bridge, near the intersection of Pine Valley Road and Route 2019, or Glen Savage Road, is the shortest covered bridge in Somerset County. It measures 48 feet long and 14 ...
Seventeen historic covered bridges; the three oldest ones are also the longest. U.S. Wisconsin: The only remaining historic covered bridge in Wisconsin is the covered bridge in Cedarburg. [16] [17] There are also the Smith Rapids Covered Bridge in Park Falls built in 1991, [18] and the Springwater Volunteer Covered Bridge built in 1997. [19]