Frederick County, Maryland, has three covered bridges. Located between Frederick and Thurmont, visiting them makes for a nice daytrip. Well, we'd actually seen one of the bridges in August. Now in the fall, we were back to see the other two. All three are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. All continue to carry vehicular traffic. North of Frederick, Maryland, along US Highway 15, the route to the covered bridges trail is marked at the exit for Old Frederick Road. The road leads to Utica Road, where the Utica Covered Bridge is found. The Utica Covered Bridge is thought to date to 1860. It was moved to this location, across Fishing Creek, in 1891 after it was washed out of its original location spanning ht Monocacy River. It is the longest of the three,
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