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Riverdale Road, Ashtabula County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-04-22
County: Ashtabula County
Township: Morgan
Town/Village: Rock Creek
Bridge Name: Riverdale Road
Crosses: Grand River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1+
Length: 120'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1874
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N41 40.400
Longitude: W080 52.300
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Directions: 0.9 miles north of main intersection in Rock Creek on OH45 (Water St.), then 0.8 miles left on Riverdale Rd. (TR69). 1.5 miles northwest of Rock Creek.

Riverdale Road Bridge, Morgan, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1874
Larry Cunningham Photo

Riverdale Road Bridge, Morgan, OH Built 1874
© Lisa Plamondon

Riverdale Road Bridge, Morgan, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1874
Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Resource Center Collection

Riverdale Road Bridge, Morgan, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1874
H. M. MacKenzie Photo, March 10, 1951, NSPCB Archives

Riverdale Road Bridge, Morgan, Ashtabula County, OH Built 1874
H. M. MacKenzie Photo, September 25, 1953, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
A steel support was placed under the bridge in 1945. During its renovation in 1981, the floor was rebuilt and glue-laminated wood girders were added. In 1987, a new concrete abutment was added after the road at the east end of the bridge washed out.

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 32, 60
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 64

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