If you have found GC3YCTM in Andover you may know what the other half means.
The other half of this covered bridge located in Andover and this one certainly deserves one as well. Easy one to get, stealth is required, use hint and grab when best available.
Originally known as Foreman Road Bridge or Old Eagleville Bridge, and listed as 35-04-17 on the Ohio registry of covered bridges, spanning 130 feet in Eagleville, Ohio, this bridge was originally built in 1862, and was at one time the oldest known covered bridge in Ohio. It was a Town Truss design, named after Ithiel Town, a well known architect of covered bridges.
In 1972 Ashtabula County decided to replace this bridge and it was sold to the highest bidder for five dollars. The bridge was carefully dismantled and the timbers preserved. Photographs were taken of the very carefully marked cross beams to insure that it would be reconstructed correctly.
For three years the bridge lay in storage while awaiting the development of plans and the approval of permits. Originally the business was established in 1972 in an old house, and then moved in 1975 to a new building here in North Kingsville, Ohio. That required one half of the original Foreman Road Bridge, and then in 1977 a second business was built with the remaining half in Andover, Ohio. Only the original wood was used in the dining areas.
This covered bridge is no longer a registered bridge, but is listed as a “novelty” and numbered 35-04-(b in the registry of Ohio covered bridges, while the Andover covered bridge is listed as 35-04-(a.
Hidden with permission of Owner. Come and discover one of the many non-registered covered bridges that gives you More Than Just A Covered Bridge.......