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Wiswell Road Covered Bridge

Ashtabula County, Ohio · over the Phelps Creek · built 1900

Item	Of record	Source
Crosses	Phelps Creek	National Bridge Inventory, 2025 file
Road carried	Covered Bridge Ln	National Bridge Inventory, 2025 file
Carries	Vehicle bridge (public road)	As recorded — see access notes below
Year built	1900	National Bridge Inventory, 2025 file
Length	129 ft	National Bridge Inventory structure length, out-to-out, 2025 file
Longest span	47 ft	National Bridge Inventory, 2025 file
Vertical clearance	11 ft 2 in	National Bridge Inventory minimum vertical clearance over the roadway, as recorded (converted from metres)
Coordinates	41.53318, -80.96379 Google Maps · OpenStreetMap	National Park Service, National Register GIS
Historic listing	National Register of Historic Places, listed 1973-04-11 (reference #73001386)	National Park Service
How it qualifies	Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a covered bridge	See About & method

The Ashtabula County covered-bridge inventory lists this bridge as the Windsor Mills Covered Bridge (built 1867); the National Register lists it as Wiswell Road. One bridge, published once.

Access & restrictions — as recorded

Posted for other load-capacity restriction (speed, vehicles on bridge, etc.)

Posting appraisal	Not posted for load — operating rating at or above legal loads
Structural operating rating (not the posted limit)	97.2 metric tons (about 107 US tons)
Vertical clearance	11 ft 2 in

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 annual file. Status checked November 12, 2026. The posted limit itself is set by the owning agency and shown on signs at the bridge; it is not a field in the federal record, so it is not printed here. Postings and closures change — obey the signs at the bridge.

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