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| SMOLEN-GULF
Covered Bridge (#17 on the trail map) |
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| Below: The Longest Covered
Bridge in the United States |
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SMOLEN-GULF
(2.6 miles from Olin Bridge) The longest covered bridge in the United States is of Pratt Truss construction. Engineering and structural design by John Smolen (former County Engineer) and architectural design by Timothy Martin (current County Engineer) the bridge was dedicated August 26, 2008. The bridge is 613 feet long and stands 93 feet above the Ashtabula River. With clear width of 30 feet and height of 14 feet 6 inches. it will support full legal load traffic and has a life expectancy of 100 years. |
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| Alex walked across the longest covered bridge in the USA |
Looking straight down from the bridge at people in the water. The two RV Gypsies and their grandson also walked down there. |
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Below: The two RV Gypsies
and their grandson, Alex Jones. |
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Below: A map of the trail
and sign about the covered bridges. |
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Below;
The two RV Gypsies and their grandson Alex, walked the dirt path descending
down under the longest covered bridge in the USA, the
Smolen - Gulf Covered Bridge. |
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The two RV Gypsies and their grandson under the Smolen - Gulf Covered
Bridge, the longest covered bridge in the USA. |
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| Below: The water was so clear that the two RV Gypsies could hardly tell there was water on top of the rocks that they walked on to cross the water. | |
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Below: West Liberty Street Covered Bridge (#18 on trail map) |
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The West Liberty Street Bridge in Geneva, Ohio is under construction on this date. This bridge will be a new record for the nation - it will be eighteen feet long and twenty-four feet wide. . . . the shortest covered bridge in the United States |
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