1850 Utica Road Covered Bridge is a Burr truss wooden covered bridge crossing Fishing Creek near Lewistown, Frederick County, Maryland. Originally it spanned the Monocacy River at the Devilbiss Bridge crossing. An 1889 flood damaged the bridge and the surviving half was moved to Fishing Creek in 1891. Like the nearby Loys Station Covered Bridge, a pier was inserted in the middle of the bridge to halve its span.

The oldest of the three covered bridges in Frederick County dates back to 1843, at which time it initially spanned the Monocacy River. In its first life as a 250-foot two-span bridge, it was known as the Devilbiss Road Covered Bridge.

Two years after the bridge was washed out by the Johnstown Flood in 1889, the remaining half of the bridge was rebuilt at its present location over Fishing Creek and renamed Utica Mills Covered Bridge. Despite more than half of the original structure being lost, at 101 feet, it is the longest of the three covered bridges in Frederick County. Its Burr Arch truss is also a unique design feature among the three bridges and it still includes timber from the original bridge. Like the nearby Loy’s Station Covered Bridge, Utica Mills was reinforced with steel beams and a central pier to improve stability in the 1930s.

In 1993, a support beam was damaged by an oversized truck. Subsequent inspection revealed that termites and beetles had done further damage to the timbers. This prompted a rehabilitation project that increased the bridge’s load limit to 15 tons. Another accident in June 2006 resulted in a three-week closure while damages to the west end of the bridge were repaired.

The bridge received a major renovation in 2015 as part of a larger effort to maintain all of Frederick County’s covered bridges.

Length of largest span: 44 ft.
Total length: 87.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.

The Utica Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Located at:  N39 31.512    W77 23.857     -     WGCB #20-10-01

 Photographed in August of 2018