We were heading toward Marion, Ohio to eat at The Warehouse, but we had plenty of time to spare. South of Upper Sandusky, I saw a sign that read “Swartz Covered Bridge” with an arrow pointing to a side road through fields of mud. I made a quick decision and even quicker turn, to my wife’s surprise, and headed east toward I knew not what. A couple miles later, we came upon the bridge. I pulled over and we got out and walked around for maybe ten minutes.
It had been a gray, drizzly day, and not long after we left the bridge it began raining again. But for the few minutes we were there, the sun came out and it was a beautiful spring afternoon.
The bridge across the Sandusky River was built in 1878. It’s 101 feet long and 12.8 feet wide.