Ohio is the state with the second highest number of covered bridges, with 140. Only Pennsylvania has more. On this visit to Athens, Susan and I wanted to seek out some of the covered bridges of Athens County. They are known locally, but not promoted here as heavily as covered bridges are in other localities. Covered bridges are picturesque, no matter how old or how large they are or how scenic their setting may be. They make the setting in which one finds them. And, so we set out after our first objective, the Kidwell Covered Bridge. So often covered bridges are in the middle of nowhere. That is true in Athens County. Our GPS took us north from Athens on secondary roads though farmland and woodland. But not past any villages or settlements. We reached
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