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The Caine Road Covered
Bridge #35-04-59 is located in
Ashtabula County.
 Built by the Ashtabula County Engineers Department
at a cost of $191,000.00, this bridge is rare precisely because
it is new, unlike most other vintage covered bridges commonly
found in Ohio. It was finished in the fall of 1986, and just
like The Caine, Giddings, Netcher and State Road Covered Bridge's,
that are included in this study, these bridges were truly designed
and built to accommodate traffic, and not strictly for decoration
or promotional purposes.
 The Caine
Road Covered Bridge is 275 feet
long and was built with a Pratt truss. This single span structure
rests on concrete abutments and has a long narrow window extending
down both sides. The exterior is of salt treated natural wood
siding and galvanized connectors.
The covered bridge spans a branch
of the Ashtabula River. With an average bed width of 125 feet,
the Ashtabula river drains the northeast quarter of Ashtabula
county.
It is fascinating that the Caine Road Covered Bridge is one of only five
Pratt truss bridges in the United States, and the only one in
Ohio. Designed by Ashtabula County Engineer John Smolen, the
bridge was dedicated at the Ashtabula County Covered Bridge Festival
on October 11.1986.
DIRECTIONS: From Pierpont Township north on SR 7, one
mile, left on Caine Road ( T 579)
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