Talk:West Liberty Covered Bridge

Shortest?

I'm pretty sure that the Plain Dealer is wrong about this being the shortest covered bridge in the USA; I've seen bridges or pictures of bridges that were likely shorter, such as the one at 40.40526°N 83.75128°W / 40.40526; -83.75128. No sources for this, so I can't justify editing the article on those grounds, but I suspect that we could find sources for at least one that's shorter. Nyttend (talk) 01:27, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

In addition to the Plain Dealer, the Star Beacon has repeatedly stated that fact (there are more articles about it in their archives than the three that I use for sources), and apparently WVIZ trusted them enough that they restated it. (Too bad the engineer has no mention on his webpage.) Perhaps they're referring to the shortest bridge on a public roadway; the example that you gave me appears to be a privately-constructed bridge on private property (otherwise it should be mentioned on either this page or in the last article on this page). In fact, I can find a shorter bridge only about five miles from the location of the West Liberty St. bridge, behind someone's house over part of a pond (41.80507°N 80.85426°W / 41.80507; -80.85426). Until we either get a qualification, find other superceding information, or the publications are challenged on their claim, I think that it should stand. (Should I link to all four cites after the "shortest" claim in the article, or would that be overkill?) Mapsax (talk) 02:37, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

You may very well be right with the shortest-on-a-public-road idea; having grown up in Logan County, I'm quite familiar with the fact that the Bickham and McColly bridges are the only two on public roadways there. This is further highlighted by the official county map, which shows the two bridges at C2 and B4 respectively; you'll notice that there's no such marker in the southwestern corner of E3, in which the driveway is located that contains the bridge whose coords I provided above. The bridge of which I speak is definitely in someone's driveway. I've slightly reworded this article in a way that I believe reflects the possibility of shorter bridges without deviating in the slightest bit from the source that you've provided; what do you think of my change? Nyttend (talk) 00:46, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Truss type

I'm trying to figure out what kind of truss this is. Is it a tiny modified Pratt, like its big brother, or is it a tiny Warren truss? - Denimadept (talk) 05:02, 25 January 2015 (UTC)