Sunday, April 22, 2018

HARPERSFIELD COVERED BRIDGE - GENEVA, OHIO










                                                                                                    RIVER - GRAND RIVER
                                                                                                     ASHTABULA COUNTY
                                                                                                              BUILT - 1868

Length - 228' ..... S. of Geneva, Harpersfield Township. OH534 S. 2.6 miles from jct with US20 in Geneva, continue S. on Harpersfield Rd. (CR154) 0.9 miles to the bridge. Pedestrian walkway on one side. Restored by John Smolen in 1992. Steel span added after flood of 1913. The bridge is the 3rd longest covered bridge in Ohio. Posted on the National Register of Historic Places on November 3, 1975. Truss Type - Two timber, Covered Howe Through Truss Span Truss, one steel, 8 panel Pratt Through Truss, length 140'.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 35-04-19

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