Covered Bridge on Road to New Life

 

July 13, 2006 Union County, Ohio - The Upper Darby, or Pottersburg covered bridge was moved off the Big Darby Creek to make way for a modern bridge. See the article by Holly Zachariah, of the THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH by going to the link below: http://www.dispatch.com/emailme/emailme.php?story=dispatch/2006/07/13/20060713-D1-03.html.

According to the World Guide to Covered Bridges, 1989 edition, The 94-foot Upper Darby bridge, WGN 35-80-01, was built in 1868 using the Partridge truss.