Wooddale Bridge

Wooddale Bridge
Wooddale Bridge, July 2008
Location Over Red Clay Creek off DE 48, Wooddale, Delaware
Coordinates 39°45′57″N 75°38′14″W / 39.76583°N 75.63722°WCoordinates: 39°45′57″N 75°38′14″W / 39.76583°N 75.63722°W
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1850
Architectural style Covered bridge
Governing body State
NRHP Reference # 73000552[1]
Added to NRHP April 11, 1973

Wooddale Bridge is a historic covered bridge over Red Clay Creek at Wooddale, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1850, and is a Town lattice truss bridge following a design of Ithiel Town. It is approximately 72 feet (22 m) long. It is almost identical to the Ashland Covered Bridge.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Edward Heite (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wooddale Bridge". National Park Service and accompanying two photos. Retrieved 2013-03-16.