NEW CASTLE 08-01

county/comté/grafschaft一廊桥

5 covered bridges/ponts couverts/bedeckte holzbrücken

Winterthur

The Smith Bridge

08-02-01 #2

North of Winterthur.

Over Brandywine Creek.
The New Smith bridge.

N. of Winterthur. DE100 N. 1.7 miles from jct with DE92 in Winterthur, NE on Smiths Bridge Rd. 1.4 miles to the bridge.

3 spans 154' or 47m

Original bridge built 1839, destroyed by arsoned 1961, rebuilt in Aug 2002.

Burr Arches with steel i-beam supports.

Fotos El Sayres.

Yorklyn

The Ashland Bridge

08-02-02

South east of Yorklyn.

Over Red Clay Creek.
The Ashland bridge.

SE of Yorklyn. DE82 (Creek Rd.) NE (curves SE) 1.4 miles from jct with Yorklyn Rd. in Yorklyn, S. on Barley Mill Rd. 0.1 miles to the bridge.

1 spans 52' or 15.8m

Built 1870, rebuilt in 2008.

Town lattice truss.

Fotos El Sayres.

The Wooddale Bridge

08-02-04 #2

South east of Yorklyn.

Over Red Clay Creek.
The Wooddale bridge.

SE of Yorklyn. DE82 (Creek Rd.) NE (curves SE) 1.4 miles from jct with Yorklyn Rd. in Yorklyn, S. on Barley Mill Rd. 2.7 miles, SW on Rolling Mill Rd. 0.3 miles, N. on Foxhill Ln. 100' to the bridge.

1 spans 60' or 18.2m

Built 1870, destroyed by a flood in 2003, rebuilt in 2008.

Town lattice truss.

Fotos Jim Smedley.

Hockessin

The Westminster Bridge

08-02-A

South east of Hockessin.

Over Hyde Run.
The Westminster bridge.

SE of Hockessin. DE41 (Lancaster Pike) SE 1.9 miles from jct with Valley Rd. in Hockessin, continue SE on DE41 (Newport Gap Pike) 1.6 miles, E. (left) on Cheltonham Rd. into Westminster Development 200', N. (left) on Heritage Dr. 0.15 miles, E. (right) on Ambleside Drive 150' to the bridge.

1 spans 32' or 9.7m

Built 1960.

Stringer.

Foto George Conn.

Newark

The Covered Bridge Farm Bridge

08-02-B

North-west of Newark.

Over Christina River.
The Covered Bridge Farm bridge.

NW of Newark. DE273 (Main St. - Nottingham Rd.) NW 1.9 miles from jct with DE896 in Newark, N. on Wedgewood Rd. 0.4 miles, E. on Covered Bridge Ln. 100' to the bridge.

1 spans 39' or 11.8m

Built 1961.

Concrete slabs.

Fotos George Chandler.