Bridge # 35-18-25 The Charles A. Harding Memorial Covered Bridge in Olmsted Falls, Ohio, dedicated on August 9, 1998. Captain Charles Harding was killed during the battle of Normandy in World War II. The multiple kingpost through truss structure is 92 feet long
Bridge # 35-18-B This bridge, while at first glance has the appearance of an exceptionally unusual covered bridge where instead of a system of timber trusses, the bridge is supported by a massive timber stringer, is actually a fake. The bridge was built in 1983 to replace a previous bridge at this location of the same name that was washed away in a flood and was not salvageable. The wooden covered structure was replicated exactly, right down to the warning sign about "fines for crossing the bridge faster than a walk"... however it does not serve a structural function. A unique superstructure comprised of stringers and girders that are part timber and part steel lies hidden underneath the covered bridge walls. Both this bridge and the original bridge it replaced are unusual in that they cross the entire creek with a single span, while the nearby Ohio Turnpike Toll Bridge (which is a traditional non-noteworthy freeway overpass) requires three steel stringer spans to do the same thing.
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