Ohio Covered Bridges - Netcher

Netcher, Jefferson,Ohio. 10/6/2026 dwm

The Netcher Covered Bridge was the second of seven modern, yet historic, covered bridges in Ashtabula County (see list below).

The county engineer, John Smolen Jr., was involved with each of the new bridges and is credited in the Netcher Bridge Wikipedia page as the builder of this one.

On the guide we picked up at the county Tourism office, the Netcher bridge is the first bridge for their suggested route to 13 bridges on the north and east sides of the Ashtabula County.

The Netcher is considered "Neo-Victorian." dwm

  The Netcher bridge is less than 3 miles from downtown Jefferson (a small community), and is a picturesque structure to start a 69-mile route through or past 13 bridges. In our years of visiting covered bridges, the convenient and appreciated feature of this county's bridges is that you are usually close to the next one. 

 Both routes start in downtown Jefferson. The South & Western tour, shares 6 bridges over 68 miles; while the North & Eastern tour shows twice as many covered bridges in 69 miles. 

If you stop at each bridge, this trip will take more time, but the longest distance between bridges is only 11.5 miles, most are less than five miles apart.  

Timber arches bracket the bridge deck. 10/6/25

The Netcher is an impressive barn-like bridge featuring red paint and white trim with a cupola at end of the roof.

Netcher Covered Bridge

Built: 1999 

Style: Timber arches with inverted Haupt walls

Length: 110-feet over Mill Creek

New Ashtabula Co. Covered Bridges:

1983 - State Road Covered Bridge

Mill Creek. 10/6/2025 dwm

 

1986 - Caine Road Covered Bridge

1995 - Giddings Road Covered Bridge (next week)

1999 - Netcher Road Covered Bridge                              

2008 - Smolen-Gulf Covered Bridge

2011 - West Liberty Covered Bridge

2016 - Riverview Covered Bridge 

 Scroll down to see more photos of Netcher Bridge 

 

The Netcher Road Covered Bridge. 10/6/2025 dwm

Heading south across the bridge. 10/6/2025 dwm