The Ashland Covered Bridge, also known as Ashland Bridge or Barley Mill Road Covered Bridge, spans the Red Clay Creek on Barley Mill Road in Ashland, Delaware.
It is a Town lattice truss bridge following a design of Ithiel Town, built about 1860. It is almost identical to the Wooddale Bridge. It is about 12 feet long and adjoins the Ashland Nature Center.
The bridge has been closed for repairs several times in the 2010s. In 2014 and 2011, oversized trucks caused damage to the bridge after ignoring signage and attempting to cross, and in 2017 a snowplow crash caused additional damage. In 2021, it was closed for temporary repairs after debris and high creek levels due to Hurricane Ida caused damage to the covered portion of the span.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
If you visit set extra time aside to visit the Mount Cuba Center botanical garden.
