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Smith's, New Castle County

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Inventory Number: DE/08-02-01#2
County: New Castle County
Township:
Town/Village: Granogue
Bridge Name: Smith's
Crosses: Brandywine Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 3
Length: 154'
Roadway Width:
Built: 2002
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 50.266
Longitude: W075 34.746
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Directions: 1.4 miles northeast of DE100 (Montchanin Rd.) on Smiths Bridge Rd., 100 yards south of the Pennsylvania state line. Northeast of Granogue.

Smith's Bridge, Granogue, DE Built 2002
Bill Caswell Photo

Smith's Bridge, Granogue, New Castle County, DE Built 2002
Bill Caswell Photo, May 1, 2015

Comments:
The first covered bridge at this location cost $5446. The bridge was named for Isaac Smith who, with Joseph Brinton, operated a flour and grist mill nearby. It was closed in 1954 after being damaged by an "excessively heavy truck". In 1955, it was re-sided, re-roofed, and re-painted at a cost of $43,125. Pictures from that time show that two support piers had been added. Three youths were each fined $500 for the Halloween 1961 arson and placed on three years’ probation. The bridge was rebuilt at the time as a stringer with a wooden deck. The replacement bridge, built in 2002, includes a Burr truss, but rests atop steel I-Beams.

Sources:
McNinch, Marjorie G.. Bridges, 1995, pages 22-24
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 6

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