Utica Mills Covered Bridge
by Joan Carroll
Title
Utica Mills Covered Bridge
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
The Utica Mills Covered Bridge, circa 1850, is located on Utica Road off of Old Frederick Road. In 1889 the disastrous Johnstown Flood washed away a 250 foot, two span covered bridge over the Monocacy River on Devilbiss Road in Frederick County. One span of the bridge was saved, dismantled and two years later reconstructed as a 101' covered bridge on Utica Road, just off Frederick Road in Utica, Maryland over Fishing Creek. The original bridge is usually referred to as Devilbiss Road Covered Bridge. Most documentation shows the original bridge as constructed c1850, but many believe it was actually built in 1843. Although the bridge was moved from its location over the Monocacy, it still consists of original timber from the Devilbiss Bridge, so it retained its build date as 1843 and was renamed Utica Mills Covered Bridge. Constructed of large, hand-hewn timbers, this 100-foot-long bridge is supported by a Burr arch truss. Patented by the inventor Theodore Burr, this truss combines a series of triangles with a long wooden arch to make the bridge more rigid and thus stronger. It has had several renovations to make it stronger in order to withstand modern traffic. Today, Utica Mills Covered Bridge is well maintained. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1978.
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June 2nd, 2013
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