Posted October 4, 200519 yr From the 10/2/05 News-Herald: Bridge has unique design covered Ashtabula structure is fourth-longest in the world. By: Diana Lewis [email protected] 10/02/2005 It is common knowledge that Covered Bridge No. 17 on State Road in Ashtabula County will be the longest such span in the United States; fourth-longest in the world. But the $5 million, 600-foot, four-span bridge project came off the drawing board with one more attribute, according to County Engineer Tim Martin... http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15315018&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6
October 5, 200519 yr I didn't know anyone built covered bridges anymore. It sounds really cool, especially with the walkway on top.
October 5, 200519 yr Renderings are apparently close to being done, so hopefully there will be a pic to put up at some point.
October 5, 200519 yr Ashtabula county has several NEW covered bridges; the county engineer there likes them. :-D
October 12, 200519 yr OK, the AP picked this up. From 10/11/05: Ohio county seeks to build longest covered bridge in U.S. By the Associated Press ASHTABULA | Ashtabula County, with more covered bridges than any other county in Ohio, hopes to add another distinction: the longest wooden covered bridge in the United States. Officials say the 600-foot bridge could end up being the cornerstone of a budding tourist economy. Ashtabula County, located in the northeast corner of the state, has struggled for decades with high unemployment and the loss of industrial jobs... http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/1011ohbridgeweb.html
November 8, 200519 yr Ashtabula spans expand their numbers County's newest covered bridge will also be nation's longest Tuesday, November 08, 2005 James Ewinger Plain Dealer Reporter Ohio's warm weather is ebbing away, but it's still high summer for the covered bridges of Ashtabula County. Life, traffic and commerce still flow through them each day, just as they did in the 19th century. Now, the county with the most working covered bridges in Ohio is about to trump itself, and the nation, by building the longest working covered bridge in the United States - 600 feet spanning the Ashtabula River...To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 216-999-3905 http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1131445989289970.xml&coll=2 © 2005 The Plain Dealer
November 9, 200519 yr Sounds pretty cool to me! I have always liked the historic covered bridges of Ohio, I pass one every day on my way to Athens. I always think of the Winters River Bridge in Beatlejuice! And, the Y-Bridge used to be covered, way before my time however.
November 14, 200519 yr From the 11/11/05 Ashtabula Star Beacon: Public hearing details covered span By MARK TODD Staff Writer [email protected] ASHTABULA - Lots of little details precede construction of America’s longest wooden covered bridge... http://www.starbeacon.com/index.asp?MC=NEWS&NID=1&AID=9557
November 25, 200519 yr USAToday has this interesting article about cover bridges making a bit of a comeback. <b>Plan: Nation's longest wooden covered bridge Ohio engineer bridges past and present</b> By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY ASHTABULA, Ohio — When John Smolen was a young engineer, a high-ranking state highway official wanted him investigated for misuse of public funds. Smolen's crime: He planned to spend tax money on a new covered wooden bridge. "The guy was serious: He thought a wood bridge was so absurd that he wanted John Smolen charged with misusing public funds," says David Simmons, an engineering historian at the Ohio Historical Society. Smolen, 59, can laugh about it now. He has helped design or build 14 covered bridges in Ohio and Michigan, the biggest boom in constructing old-style wooden bridges in more than 80 years... http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-11-24-covered-bridges_x.htm
December 2, 200519 yr Maybe this is what we should do with the I-90 Innerbelt bridge! Now that'd be a long wooden bridge.
December 4, 200519 yr Yeah, then nobody could see Cleveland's skyline. Great idea! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 19, 200618 yr From the 7/18/06 Ashtabula Star Beacon: PHOTO: By 2007, Ashtabula County should have the longest covered bridge in the United States, on State Road, spanning the Ashtabula River, an honor that presently is held by the old covered bridge, shown here, that spans the Connecticut River and connects the villages of Cornish, N.H., on the left, and Windsor, Vt., on the right. / Gary Ewing Commissioners award covered bridge contract By DORIS COOK Staff Writer [email protected] JEFFERSON - -A nearly $7.8-million contract has been awarded to Union Industrial Contractors Inc., of Ashtabula, to build the longest covered bridge in the United States. Commissioners approved the firms bid, which was the lower of two submitted. The other bid, from Independence Excavating Inc. of Independence, was for more than $10.9 million... http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_199075133?keyword=secondarystory
October 27, 200618 yr From the 10/17/06 Ashtabula Star Beacon: New span to be ready for 2008 festival By MARGIE TRAX PAGE Staff Writer [email protected] KINGSVILLE - - John Smolen's passion for covered bridges has become his legacy and Ashtabula County's claim to fame. As the onetime county engineer, Smolen worked for years to restore and preserve the area's covered bridges. A new generation of covered bridges is born as work on the county's 17th covered bridge begins... http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_290075133
October 28, 200618 yr That should be one loud walk over a state road with 18 wheelers coming through...
December 12, 200618 yr From the 11/19/06 Ashtabula Star Beacon: County engineer hopes for dry spring Star Beacon PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP - - Rain, rain, go away ... that's the tune workers on Ashtabula County's 17th covered bridge are singing these days... . http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_323171516
August 27, 200816 yr NEW covered bridge! ----------------------------------------------- Nation’s longest covered bridge to be dedicated Ashtabula County’s 17th is 613 feet long and cost $8 million By CARL E. FEATHER - Lifestyle Editor - [email protected] Star Beacon Ashtabula County’s newest covered bridge, and the nation’s longest, will be dedicated 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26. The ceremony will be held at the southeast end of the bridge, with access off Plymouth Ridge Road. The Covered Bridge Festival Committee is holding the event, which is being underwritten by Lakeview Federal Credit Union. A highlight of the event will be the official naming of the bridge, which spans the Ashtabula River on State Road. There is already a State Road covered bridge in the county. The new bridge is 613 feet long and cost $8 million. It is No. 17 for Ashtabula County and the longest in the United States. (See URL for rest of article http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_233194650.html )
August 27, 200816 yr Its called the "Smolen-Gulf Ashtabula County Highway 25 Bridge" And here is the Wikipedia page on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolen-Gulf_Ashtabula_County_Highway_25_Bridge I wonder if this is the 1st ALL NEW* covered bridge constructed in a looong time *Not a rehab or replacement of a covered bridge already existing.
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