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If you ever find yourself in lovely Ashtabula County, Ohio, think about taking one of the two Covered Bridge driving tours which are available. More information can be found at http://www.coveredbridgefestival.org.
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irishmurr > We had an absolutely beautiful fall day and decided to take advantage of the nice weather and head out on a driving tour of covered bridges in Ashtabula County. We began with the one on Netcher Road, which is the county's newest covered bridge. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > The Netcher Road covered bridge features a timber arch with inverted Haupt walls. The "Neo victorian" design structure is 110 feet long, 22 feet wide, and 14 feet six inches high. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > The Netcher Road covered bridge was opened to traffic in 1999. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > Our next stop was at the South Denmark Road covered bridge. It was built in 1890 and is a Town lattice bridge. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > The South Denmark Road covered bridge is 81 feet long. It was bypassed in 1975, but is still easily accessible and yes, we did drive across it. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > This is the Caine Road covered bridge. The 124 foot long bridge traverses the west branch of the Ashtabula River in Pierpont Township. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > The Caine Road covered bridge is the first Pratt truss bridge in Ohio and was built in 1986 in honor of Ashtabula County's 175th Anniversary. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > This is the Graham Road Bridge, which was built from remnants of a bridge washed downstream in the 1913 flood. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > The Graham Road covered bridge is a Town truss bridge. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > Here's a close-up of the trusses of the Graham Road covered bridge. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > The Graham Road covered bridge is 97 feet long and has been moved so that it now sits along side the road in a small park along the Ashtabula River. This is the only bridge we didn't actually drive through. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > We still have a lot of green in the trees around our house, so it was definitely nice to get out and see some autumn color! (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > Can you tell we were traveling through Amish country? (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > Our next stop was the Root Road covered bridge. It's a 114 foot long Town lattice bridge which was built in 1868. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > The Root Road covered bridge was raised 18 inches during a rehabilitation in 1982 - 1983, with new laminated girders and a center concrete pier being added. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
We had an absolutely beautiful fall day and decided to take advantage of the nice weather and head out on a driving tour of covered bridges in Ashtabula County. We began with the one on Netcher Road, which is the county's newest covered bridge. (October 21, 2007)

© Carolyn S. Murray 2007
irishmurr > We had an absolutely beautiful fall day and decided to take advantage of the nice weather and head out on a driving tour of covered bridges in Ashtabula County. We began with the one on Netcher Road, which is the county's newest covered bridge. (October 21, 2007) © Carolyn S. Murray 2007
We had an absolutely beautiful fall day and decided to take advantage of the nice weather and head out on a driving tour of covered bridges in Ashtabula County. We began with the one on Netcher Road, which is the county's newest covered bridge. (October 21, 2007)

© Carolyn S. Murray 2007
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