35-86 WILLIAMS
county/comté/grafschaft一廊桥
2 covered bridges/ponts couverts/bedeckte holzbrücken
Lockport
The Lockport Covered Bridge
35-86-06
North-north-east of Stryker, at the village / crossroad of Lockport.
Over the Tiffin River.
The Lockport Covered Bridge.
About 2 miles west of West-Unity on US20/20A then south 2 miles on Rd 21 to Mill Street to Lockport
3 span 176' or 53.6m
Built in 1999, original span, a Howe truss, was removed in 1919. Modern Howe truss with laminated timber, no steel beams used.
Howe Truss variant.
Photos Jack & June Schmidt and Barbara & Forrest Rayburn.
Montpelier
The Williams County Fairground Bridge
35-86-26
At the Fairground in the town of Montpelier.
Over the St.Joseph River.
Fairground Covered Bridge.
About 5 miles south of I-80/90 exit 13 at Holiday City south on US20/20A to OH107, west to Montpelier and right again on Platt Street to the Fairground.
1 span 130' or 39.6m
Built by the county in 2004.
Howe truss variant with sidewalks.