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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.
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.
This is a list of Ohio covered bridges. There are over 125 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Ohio. Many are still in use. Ashtabula County has 19 covered bridges, [1]: 33 including a lattice truss bridge. Fairfield County has 18 covered bridges.
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 ...
The Dover Covered Bridge was built in 1835 and is perhaps the oldest covered bridge in Kentucky, according to the National Register of Historic Places. At the very least, Dover is the oldest ...
Henderson Bridge (Ohio River) CSX Transportation: Union Township and Henderson: 1932 Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges: US 41: Evansville and Henderson (crosses the river entirely within the state of Kentucky at this point) 1932, 1965
Howe truss covered bridge Kirker Covered Bridge: ca. 1865-70: 1975-10-29 West Union: Adams: Kingpost truss bridge, named for Ohio's second governor Knowlton Covered Bridge: ca. 1860, ca. 1890: 1980-03-11 Rinards Mills