Ashland Covered Bridge, Covered bridge in New Castle County, Delaware
The wooden Ashland Covered Bridge spans across Red Clay Creek on Barley Mill Road, featuring a Town lattice truss design and traditional red painted exterior.
The bridge, constructed in 1870, stands as one of only three remaining covered bridges from the nineteenth century in the state of Delaware.
Delaware Historic Preservation Society rebuilt the structure after storm damage, maintaining the original architectural elements that reflect early American engineering methods.
The bridge accommodates single-lane traffic and includes height restriction signs to prevent damage from oversized vehicles passing through the structure.
Located next to the Ashland Nature Center, the bridge stands five feet higher than its original position to protect against future flooding incidents.
Location: New Castle County
Inception: 1870
Length: 16.5 m
GPS coordinates: 39.79810,-75.65810
Latest update: November 28, 2025 14:29
Delaware maintains a network of natural areas, historic sites and cultural institutions distributed across its three counties. In northern New Castle County, visitors find railroad museums, botanical gardens and forested state parks along Brandywine Creek, while the southern Kent and Sussex counties contain extensive coastal refuges, marshlands and Atlantic beaches. The state also preserves colonial-era sites, eighteenth-century plantations and regional history museums. Natural areas include Bombay Hook and Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuges, which serve as important stopover points for migratory birds, and Cape Henlopen and Delaware Seashore State Parks along the coast. Trap Pond State Park in the interior protects one of the northernmost bald cypress swamp forests in North America. Cultural sites range from the Hagley Museum, which documents early industrial history, to the Wilmington and Western Railroad and smaller institutions such as the Nanticoke Indian Museum and Johnson Victrola Museum. Historic structures include Fort Delaware, wooden covered bridges and the New Castle Court House Museum.
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