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
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