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Ada Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Kent County, Michigan

Ada Covered Bridge in Ada, Michigan. Local waterways and locations are inlaid into the path leading to the bridge.
Ada Covered Bridge in Ada, Michigan. Local waterways and locations are inlaid into the path leading to the bridge. · WMrapids / Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Ada Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Kent County, Michigan, described in its record as Michigan bridge. Michigan has 5 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 2 of them in Kent County.

It was built in 1980, in the postwar decades; it crosses Thornapple River; it is about 125 feet long.

Status check, 2026-11: The original 1867 Brown truss bridge was destroyed in 1979. Today's footbridge is a replica finished in December 1980. Ada Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 42.9525° N, 85.4863° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1980
CrossesThornapple River
Length125 ft
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates42.95250, -85.48630

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Questions

Where is Ada Covered Bridge?

Ada Covered Bridge is in Kent County, Michigan, at 42.9525, -85.4863.

How many covered bridges are in Kent County?

Kent County, Michigan has 2 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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