Albion Covered Bridge

Built around 1870 by William Sherman, the Sherman Covered Bridge—also known as the Harrington or Keepville Covered Bridge—is one of Erie County’s last surviving covered bridges, spanning the West Branch of Conneaut Creek in Conneaut Township near Albion.

Crafted with a multiple Kingpost truss design and clad in unpainted vertical wooden planks, the 72-foot-long bridge originally served as a vital crossing on Barney Road. Sherman, who also built the now-lost Gudgeonville and Carman bridges, was believed to be affiliated with Albion’s Sherman House hotel. The bridge was rebuilt in 1962 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, preserving its legacy as a rare architectural and historical artifact. Once part of a network of five substantial covered bridges in Conneaut Township, the Sherman Bridge now stands as a quiet sentinel of Erie’s 19th-century craftsmanship and rural heritage.