Smolen-Gulf Bridge - longest covered bridge in the USA is completed and open to traffic

At 613', the Smolen_Gulf Bridge, located on State Road in Ashtabula, Ohio, was opened to traffic in October 2008, just in time for the 25th annual Ashtabula County Covered Bridge Festival. This wooden covered bridge is the longest covered bridge in the USA. It is covered bridge #17 for Ashtabula County. All but one of the 17 bridges are open to traffic. This video is one of a series of videos that were posted on www.coveredbridgefestival.org to keep the public informed of how construction of the bridge was progressing.

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• longest
• covered
• bridge
• Ashtabula
• County
• Ohio
• tourism

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Wikipedia has a listing of latitude & longitude for each bridge. (Google search for Ashtabula County Covered Bridge locations.) If you go to the specific bridge listing, you can also use Google Maps to find a street address near some of the bridges that may be useful if using a GPS that will not accept latitude/longitude settings. If you are using a smartphone, use the Wikipedia pages to load your destination for your navigator. Note that Google Maps' Smolen-Gulf map is out of date.

[Mateo11]

I worked on this bridge with my dad. We stained every single board by hand. Took an entire summer.

[cathy440041]

great video! love cover bridges as well.

[Timberland1952]

For a few years I lived in Ashtabula County, next to the South Denmark Road Bridge, played in the bridges rafters and went to Dorset School. I fell in love with covered bridges, their romance and history. Great job Ashtabula County, I miss you.

[hedlundk]

Thanks for documenting the building of the bridge.