Parker Covered Bridge

Parker Covered Bridge in Crane Township, about five miles northeast of Upper Sandusky in northwestern Ohio, is a surviving example of a once-common covered road bridge. Built in 1873 by J.C. Davis, it uses a Howe truss design that was widely used for wooden bridges in the nineteenth century. At 171.9 feet long, with a main span of 162.1 feet, it is notably long for a rural bridge of its type. Recognized for its historic importance on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, it was burned in 1991 and restored in 1993, preserving a link to Ohio's earlier road-building era.

Ohio · United States