Sunday, August 9, 2020

PARKER COVERED BRIDGE - UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO




















                                                                                                SANDUSKY RIVER
                                                                                               WYANDOT COUNTY
                                                                                                      BUILT - 1873

Length - 172'.....NNE of Upper Sandusky, Crane Township. OH67 NE 3.9 miles from jct with OH53 on the N. side of Upper Sandusky, N. (curves W.) on CR37 1.1 miles, N. on TR40 (Crane Rd.) 0.2 miles to the bridge. Built by J.C. Davis. Rehabilitated in 1993 after major arson damage, and again in 2018. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 31, 1975. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Howe Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 35-88-03

Saturday, August 8, 2020

SWARTZ COVERED BRIDGE - UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO























                                                                                                  SANDUSKY RIVER
                                                                                                 WYANDOT COUNTY
                                                                                                    BUILT - 1878-1880

Length - 101' .... SE of Upper Sandusky, Antrim Township. US23 S. 3.8 miles from jct with US30 on the E. side of Upper Sandusky, E. on CR61 0.1 miles, S. on CR113 0.5 miles, E. on CR62 3.8 miles, S. on CR130 0.25 miles to the bridge. Built by Moses Weymouth. Rehabilitated in 1994 and 2018. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1976. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Howe Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 35-88-05

HARSHAVILLE COVERED BRIDGE - SEAMAN, OHIO











                                                                              CHERRY FORK OHIO BRUSH CREEK
                                                                                                  ADAMS COUNTY
                                                                                                       BUILT - 1855

Length - 110' ....SSE of Seaman, Oliver Township. OH247 SSE 1.5 miles from jct with OH32 on the south side of Seaman, E. on Graces Run Rd. 1.35 miles to the bridge. Bridge was named for the Harsha family that built a mill in that community. In the summer of 1863, in a campaign known as Morgan's Raid, raiders from the Confederate Army, led by John Hunt crossed the bridge and ransacked the Harshaville general store and burned many of the surrounding bridges but spared the Harshaville Covered Bridge. Bridge was rehabilitated in 1960 and again in 2010. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1976. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Burr Arch Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 35-01-02

Thursday, July 30, 2020

LOWER HUMBERT/FAIDLEY COVERED BRIDGE - URSINA, PENNSYLVANIA
















                                                                                                 LAUREL CREEK
                                                                                            SOMERSET COUNTY
                                                                                                    BUILT - 1891

Length - 126'.... N. of Ursina, Lower Turkeyfoot Township. PA281 N. 1.0 miles from jct with 1st St. in Ursina, continue N. (where PA281 curves E.) on Humbert Rd. 1.0 miles, W. on Covered Bridge Rd. 100' to the bridge. It was rebuilt in 1991, with extensive reinforcement work done on the abutments. It was posted on the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1980. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Burr Arch Through Truss-sits on steel I-beam stringers.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-56-12