Sunday, October 18, 2020

ADAMS MILL COVERED BRIDGE - CUTLER, INDIANA





 










WILDCAT CREEK
CARROLL COUNTY
BUILT - 1872

Length - 144' .... NE of Cutler, section 34, Democrat Township. E500S E. 0.8 miles from jct with Meridian Rd. in Cutler, N. on CR50E 0.7 miles to the bridge. Built by the Wheelock Bridge Company. Rehabilitated in 1972, 1981, 2006. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1996. Open to motor traffic. Truss Type - Covered Howe Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 14-08-01

GPS +40.48360, -86.51185

Saturday, October 17, 2020

SPENCERVILLE/COBURN COVERED BRIDGE - SPENCERVILLE, INDIANA




 

















ST. JOSEPH RIVER
DE KALB COUNTY
BUILT - 1873

Length - 159' .... E. of Spencerville, Spencer Township. Mill St. (CR68) E. 0.4 miles from jct with IN1 in Spencerville to the bridge. Built by John McKay. A center support has been added at a later date for extra strengthening. Bypassed in 2003. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 2, 1981. Closed to motor traffic. Truss Type - Covered Smith Truss-Variant Four by Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 14-17-01

GPS +41.28136, -84.91448

Saturday, October 3, 2020

MULL COVERED BRIDGE - FREEMONT, OHIO























EAST BRANCH WOLF CREEK
SANDUSKY COUNTY
BUILT - 1851

Length - 100' .... SSW of Fremont, Ballville Township. OH53 S. 5.5 miles from jct with US6 on the W. side of Fremont, W. on CR9 0.9 miles to the bridge on the S. side of the road. Built by the Henry Mull Family. Henry (Amos) owned a nearby sawmill, and decided to build a bridge to better help his customers have access to his mill. Amos petitioned the Sandusky County Commissioners for aid in building a bridge; the commissioners agreed to grant $75 toward the construction of a covered bridge, and Mull agreed to provide the lumber needed to build the bridge. The bridge originally was built as a single-span structure; at an unknown later date, a concrete support was added in the middle, converting it into a two-span bridge. Renovated 1990, and 2015. Bypassed in 1962. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1974. Bridge closed to motor traffic. Truss Type - Covered Two Wooden Span Town Lattice Through Truss Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 35-72-01.

GPS +41.26056, -83.18431