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Ashland, New Castle County

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Inventory Number: DE/08-02-02
County: New Castle County
Township: - Mill Creek Hundred
Town/Village: Ashland
Bridge Name: Ashland
Crosses: Red Clay Creek
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 52'
Roadway Width: 14'-6"
Built: c1870
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 47.895
Longitude: W075 39.475
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 2.0 miles southeast of the Pennsylvania state line on DE82 (Creek Rd.) then 0.1 miles right on Barley Mill Rd. East-southeast of Yorklyn.

Ashland Bridge, Christiana Hundred-Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, DE Built c1870
© Lisa Plamondon

Ashland Bridge, Christiana Hundred-Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, DE Built c1870
Herbert Richter Photo, January 8, 1955, NSPCB Archives

Ashland Bridge, Christiana Hundred-Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, DE Built c1870
Trish Kane/Richard Donovan Collection

Ashland Bridge, Christiana Hundred-Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, DE Built c1870
Bill Caswell Photo, May 1, 2015

Comments:
County #118. This bridge was very similar to the Wooddale Bridge (DE-02-04x) lost in 2003. According to Edward F. Heite of the State's Division of Historic and Cultural Affairs in 1974, it was most likely built between 1850 and 1865 although it could have been as early as 1840. During 1982, rolled steel I-beams were installed under the deck. It re-opened in late December 1983.

Sources:
McNinch, Marjorie G.. Bridges, 1995, pages 48-51
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 6

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