Ashland Covered Bridge
Ashland Bridge | |
 Bridge in 1982 | |
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| Location | South of Ashland over Red Clay Creek, Ashland, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°47′54″N 75°39′28″W / 39.798275°N 75.657883°W |
| Built | c. 1860 |
| Architectural style | Covered bridge |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000506[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 20, 1973 |
Ashland Covered Bridge, also known as Ashland Bridge or Barley Mill Road Covered Bridge, is a covered bridge over Red Clay Creek on Barley Mill Road (near the junction of Brackenville Road) in Ashland in New Castle County, Delaware.
Style
It is a Town lattice truss bridge following a design of Ithiel Town,[2] built about 1860. It is almost identical to the Wooddale Bridge.[1][3]
History
In 1965, when it was documented in the Historic American Engineering Record survey, it was one of the last three surviving covered bridges in the state of Delaware.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Bassett, William S. (June 1965). "Barley Mill Road Covered Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ Gravdon Wood and Rosemary Troy (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ashland Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-03-16. Accompanying photo.
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-162, "Ashland Covered Bridge, Red Clay Creek-Barley Mill Road, Ashland, New Castle County, DE", 3 photos, 4 data pages
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