USA, OH - Covered Bridges - Southwest Ohio
Read More35-08-04 - Brown Covered Bridge in Brown County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-08-04 Brown Bridge is a Smith Truss, built in 1878. The 129' structure is located near Sardinia in Scott Township, on New Hope-White Oak Station Road (CR5).
35-08-05 - Bethel Road or New Hope Covered Bridge in Brown County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-08-05 The 172-feet long New Hope Covered Bridge was built in 1878 by Josiah Bryant using the Howe truss design with arch to span White Oak Creek. The bridge, also called Bethel Road Covered Bridge, is the longest single-span surviving covered bridge in Ohio. The bridge underwent major renovations in 1902, 1932, and in 1977. The bridge is closed to motor vehicle traffic.
35-08-08 - McCafferty Road Covered Bridge in Brown County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-08-08 The McCafferty Road Covered Bridge, in Brown County, Ohio, is a historic covered bridge built in 1877. Located in the unincorporated community of Vera Cruz, it spans the East Fork of the Little Miami River. It was built in 1877 by the Smith Bridge Company.
35-08-23 - North Pole Road Covered Bridge in Brown County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-08-23 North Pole Bridge crosses Eagle Creek. Originally built in 1865 at 169.5 feet long, it underwent significant repairs after a damaging flood in 1997. It had a twin a little ways down the creek on SR-763, but that was washed away in the same flooding that damaged this bridge. North Pole is closed to car traffic.
35-08-34 - George Miller Road Covered Bridge in Brown County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-08-34 The covered Smith through-truss was constructed in 1879 by John Griffith, agent and foreman for the Smith Bridge Company, for $14.75 per linear foot. The span was renovated by local Amish and Mennonite crews from the Amos Schwartz Construction of Geneva, Indiana in the 1990’s.
35-09-02 = Governor Bebb Park Covered Bridge in Butler County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-09-02 Governor Bebb Park Covered Bridge is a historic c. 1868 covered bridge located at Governor Bebb Park in Butler County, Ohio. Originally constructed by Banden, Butin & Bowman circa 1868 over the Great Miami River in Middletown, it was relocated to carry Fairfield Road across Indian Creek west of Oxford in 1886. It was then moved to Governor Bebb Park in 1966.
35-09-03 - Black (Pugh's Mill) Covered Bridge in Butler County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-09-03 One of the few remaining covered bridges in southwestern Ohio and the only one in Butler County on its original site, this bridge was built in 1868-1869 to give access to a saw and grist mill owned by James B. Pugh on Four Mile (Tallawanda) Creek. One of the longest and most impressive of Ohio's covered bridges, the Black (Pugh's Mill) Bridge was built in 1868-1869 by master builders Bandin, Butin, and Bowman. It is unique for its combination of two truss types -Childs and Long- within a single structure. Originally a cambered (arched) single span of 209 feet with a roadway width of 18 feet, it was modified in 1869 with the inclusion of a central pier under it for additional support. The trusses were then remodeled by replacing some of the wooden diagonals with iron rods to enable the builders to lower the bridge down onto the pier by backing off the nuts on the ends of the rods, thus eliminating the camber and forming two spans instead of one.
35-13-02 - Stonelick Covered Bridge in Clermont County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-13-02 The Stonelick Covered Bridge, located in Milford, Ohio, was built in 1878. Also known as the Perintown Covered Bridge, it is the county’s only remaining covered bridge, and is still in use today. The bridge is 140 foot long and spans Stonelick Creek. It is also the home an urban legend. It is said that you can summon the apparition of a hanging man while on the bridge. To do this, you stop on the bridge, near it’s only window, and shut off your engine. Then, flash your headlights 3 times. According to the legend, at this point you will see the apparition of a man hanging by his neck in the trees by looking out the window. Your car will then not start again until the apparition disappears.
35-25-109 - Hyde Road Covered Bridge in Greene County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-25-109 Hyde Road Covered Bridge crosses a bike path on the Little Miami Scenic Trail near Yellow Springs. The Howe Truss structure was built in 2014, to replace an
35-29-01 - Glen Helen or Cemetery Road Covered Bridge in Greene County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-29-01 The covered bridge over Yellow Springs Creek in Glen Helen is not open to vehicular traffic, but is accessible by foot from trails in Glen Helen. It's also known as Cemetery Road Bridge, and it was moved to the present site in 1975. It was originally built in 1886 in New Burlington, but it was moved here to prevent its destruction during the construction of Caesar Creek State Park. It's 60 feet long.
35-29-03 - Engle Mill Road Covered Bridge in Greene County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-29-03 Built in 1877 and spanning 136 feet, the Engle Mill Road Covered Bridge carried vehicular traffic until 2003. The bridge is named after the nearby Levi Engle Mill. It is one of a few dozen Smith Truss bridges in the United States. The Smith Bridge Company manufactured the bridge using the Smith Truss patent
35-29-15 - Stevenson Road Covered Bridge in Greene County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-29-15 Stevenson Road Covered Bridge in Xenia Township was built in 1877 and restored in 2015. It crosses Massies Creek on Stevenson Road near Wilberforce.
35-29-16 - Charleton Mill Covered in Greene County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-29-16 #2 The Howe Truss structure, built in 1883, was located WSW of Cedarville, on Charleton Mill Road (TR29). It was razed and rebuilt in 2013.
35-29-16 - Charleton Mill Covered in Greene County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-29-16#2 The Howe Truss structure, built in 1883, was located WSW of Cedarville, on Charleton Mill Road (TR29). It was razed and rebuilt in 2013.
35-29-18 - Ballard Road Covered Bridge in Greene County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-29-18 The exact building date of the Ballard Road Covered Bridge is unknown, but it may have been about 1850 when Lyman Ballard established a grist mill in the area. The road and covered bridge take their name from Mr. Ballard.
35-29-B - Clifton Mill Covered Bridge in Greene County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-29-B Clifton Mill Covered Bridge crosses the Little Miami River on the property of Clifton Mill.
35-46-01 - McColly Covered Bridge in Logan County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-46-01 The McColly Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in western Logan County, Ohio. Located in Washington Township near the community of Bloom Center. It carries County Road 13 (formerly called the "Covered Bridge Pike") over the Great Miami River. The bridge was built in 1876 by the Anderson Green Company of Sidney, Ohio at a cost of $3,103 and named for nearby landowner Nicholas McColly. It is approximately 142 feet (43 m) long, with a clearance of 16 feet (4.9 m) and a total width of 20 feet (6.1 m).
35-46-03 - Bickham Covererd Bridge in Logan County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-46-03 Bickham Covererd Bridge, a 94 foot Howe truss structure built in 1877 crosses South Fork of the Great Miami River near Russells Point in Richland Township, Ohio.
35-55-01 - Eldean Covered Bridge in Miami County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-55-01 Built in 1860, the historic bridge, painted in the traditional red, was once the second longest of its kind in Ohio, and is still the longest “Long Truss” covered bridge in the nation. Eldean Covered Bridge is one of only two covered bridges remaining in the county.
35-57-01 - Germantown Covered Bridge in Montgomery County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-57-01 This bridge, built 1870, uses an inverted bowstring truss and is believed to be the only of its kind in the United States. It’s representative of the bridges built during the transition period between timber and iron bridges. It is one of the earlier bridges David H. Morrison’s designed and built. Morrison would become one of the most important bridge engineers in Ohio in the 1800s.
35-57-36 - Jasper Road Covered Bridge in Montgomery County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-57-36 The Jasper Road Covered Bridge is a covered Smith truss over Mudlick Creek west of Germantown in Montgomery County, Ohio. It was initially constructed by the Smith Bridge Company of Toledo in Greene County in 1877 over Caesar’s Creek southwest of Jamestown for $6.95 per linear foot. In 1964, Huston Brown, a Dayton industrialist, had the covered bridge moved to his estate, and the bridge was rebuilt over Mud Lick Creek. Total length: 71 feet
35-68-03 - Harshman Covered Bridge in Preble County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-68-03 The Harshman Covered Bridge near Fairhaven, Ohio, was built in 1894 by Everett S. Sherman. It crosses Four Mile Creek on Fairhaven Road and is open to traffic.
35-68-04 - Dixon's Branch Covered Bridge in Preble County, Ohio
Bridge # 35-68-04 Built in 1887 over Dixon's Branch on Concord Road, Dixon Township. After severe damage from a windstorm in 1963, county officials gave it to the Citizens of Lewisburg who moved it to the Lewisburg Community Park