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Mechanicsville, Ashtabula County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-04-18
County: Ashtabula County
Township: Austinburg
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Mechanicsville
Crosses: Grand River
Truss type: Howe & Arch
Spans: 1
Length: 154'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1867
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N41 45.288
Longitude: W080 53.882
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Directions: 2.6 miles west of jct OH45 on Lampson Rd. (TR194) (becomes Orchard Grove Dr.), then just left on Windsor Mechanicsville Rd. (TR218) on a bypassed section of road. 3 miles southwest of Austinburg.

Mechanicsville Bridge, Austinburg, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1867
Larry Cunningham Photo

Mechanicsville Bridge, Austinburg, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1867
© Lisa Plamondon

Mechanicsville Bridge, Austinburg, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1867
Larry Cunningham Photo

Mechanicsville Bridge, Austinburg, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1867
Traugott Keller Photograph, November 7, 1954, NSPCB Archives

Mechanicsville Bridge, Austinburg, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1867
H. M. MacKenzie Photo, March 10, 1951, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
The bridge was announced as newly opened in the May 22, 1867 Ashtabula Sentinel Newspaper and is thought to be the oldest in the county. The bridge is now bypassed. Laminated arches were added during its renovation in 2003-2004. The arch is integral to the truss, which is a 3-web Howe. The arch shares the middle web with the opposite-facing truss members. A rededication ceremony was held on May 16, 2004.

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 28-29, 59
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 63

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