Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Root Road Covered Bridge

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Photo taken Oct. 2006 by Carla Goodlace

Overview: Two-span covered bridge over West Branch Ashtabula River on Root Road
Location: Ashtabula County, Ohio
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1868; rehabilitated 1983
Design: Covered Lattice through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 89.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.83317, -80.62033 (decimal degrees)
41°49'59" N, 80°37'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/531525/4631322 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Pierpont
Inventory numbers: ODOT 432776 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
WGCB 35-04-09 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 27267 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2008): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 64.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2000): 200

Root Road Covered Bridge

Posted November 28, 2009, by Janis Ford (jford3 [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com)

Doesn't even look like the same bridge in the snow!