Gudgeonville Covered Bridge

41.979855555556 - 80.266088888889Koordinaten: 41 ° 58 ' 47.5 "N, 80 ° 15' 57.9 " W

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Elk Creek

The Gudgeonville Covered Bridge was a wooden covered bridge in Girard and crossed the Elk Creek in Erie County. In the design, it was a half-timbered with a simple hanging column. Since 1980, the bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The bridge was destroyed on 8 November 2008 arson.

History

The Gudgeonville Bridge was built around 1868 and rebuilt around the early 1870s after a fire. It was designed and built by William Sherman. The foundations of the building probably make remnants of the former Erie Extension Canal.

In modern times,

Over the years, the bridge has been damaged by multiple smaller fires and vandalism. There were several suggestions, from and to a safer place to build the bridge again, to protect them from vandalism. Other proposals are intended to build another bridge next to the original, it also allows such vehicles to cross the creek, the existing narrow bridge can not be driven due to size or weight, such as snow plows, fire trucks and ambulances.

Superstition

With the bridge of some superstition connected, after which it is to haunt the building. The locals believe that the spirits of the children were seen there that have fallen from the steep bank on one side of the bridge. Sometimes unexplained noises such as hooves should be heard on wood, which is often accompanied by shrill cries. Another story tells that a donkey had been beaten on the bridge of his drunken owner to death because he refused to cross the bridge. One variant of this story according to the donkey should be died of a heart attack after he was startled by a steam organ on a river boat, which went through under the bridge.

Name

The name of the bridge is derived from the word gudgeon. Namesake could thus be part of a transit station, which in English is called gudgeon ( pins, bolts ) or the small fish and bait fish in the creek below the bridge, which are also called gudgeons. A popular explanation for the origin of the name is that the supposedly faded on the bridge donkey named " Gudgeon " wore.