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Doyle Road, Ashtabula County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-04-16
County: Ashtabula County
Township: Jefferson
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Doyle Road
Crosses: Mill Creek
Truss type: Town & Arch
Spans: 1
Length: 84'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1876
Builder: Potter
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N41 45.727
Longitude: W080 47.401
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Directions: 1.1 miles west of jct OH46 on OH307, then 0.9 miles right on Doyle Rd. (TR287). 1.5 miles northwest of Jefferson.

Doyle Road Bridge, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1876
© Lisa Plamondon

Doyle Road Bridge, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1876
Larry Cunningham Photo

Doyle Road Bridge, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1876
Traugott Keller Photograph, December 26, 1954, NSPCB Archives

Doyle Road Bridge, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1876
H. M. MacKenzie Photo, September 29, 1950, NSPCB Archives

Doyle Road Bridge, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1876
H. M. MacKenzie Photo, September 26, 1953, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
There is a local legend indicating that this bridge’s builder was a Vermont carpenter who built it to resemble one in his hometown. Unfortunately, details of that builder are not known and the bridge’s builder is attributed to “Potter”. The 1968 Ashtabula Historical Society Bulletin identifies the construction date as 1868. A project in 1987 added a 90-foot laminated arch support system and widened the bridge by five feet allowing for two-way traffic. It also included a new floor and roof. The work was done by Ashtabula County Highway Department workers under the direction of John Smolen. Materials for the project cost $60,000. The bridge is sometimes referred to as the Mullen Bridge from the Mullen farm which used to be near the structure.

Sources:
Hakala, Paul E. & David Payne, Ashtabula County Historical Society, Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 1, March 1968, Ashtabula, OH.
Wood, Miriam. Ohio Covered Bridge Index, Ashtabula County
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 27, 58
Feather, Carl E.. The Covered Bridges of Ashtabula County, Ohio, 2014, Pages 88-89
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 63

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