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Covered Bridges Of Southeast Ohio
This is a list of Ohio covered bridges. There are over 125 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Ohio. Many are still in use. Ashtabula County has 19 covered bridges,Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme. including a lattice truss bridge. Fairfield County has 18 covered bridges. The Smolen–Gulf Bridge, at 613 feet, is currently the longest multi-span covered bridge in the United States. The West Liberty Covered Bridge, at 18 feet, has been called the shortest covered bridge in the United States. List of covered bridges See also *List of Ashtabula County covered bridges * List of Ohio-related topics *List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Ohio. References {{National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio, Lists ... References External links Ohio Covered Bridges List ...
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Covered Bridge
A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered wooden bridges typically have a lifespan of only 20 years because of the effects of rain and sun, but a covered bridge could last over 100 years. In the United States, only about 1 in 10 survived the 20th century. The relatively small number of surviving bridges is due to deliberate replacement, neglect, and the high cost of restoration. European and North American truss bridges Typically, covered bridges are structures with longitudinal timber-trusses which form the bridge's backbone. Some were built as railway bridges, using very heavy timbers and doubled up lattice work. In Canada and the U.S., numerous timber covered bridges were built in the late 1700s to the late 1800s, reminiscent of earlier designs in Germany and Switzerland. Th ...
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Guernsey County, Ohio
Guernsey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,438. Its county seat is Cambridge, and it is named for the Isle of Guernsey in the English Channel, from which many of the county's early settlers emigrated. Guernsey County comprises the Cambridge, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area. History Guernsey County, located in the Appalachian foothills, was first formed and organized on 10 March 1810 from portions of Muskingum and Belmont counties, after the Ohio Legislature acted. The first county commissioners were sworn in on 23 April 1810. It lost some land area during the formation of neighboring counties until it reached its present boundaries in 1851, after Buffalo, Beaver, Olive, and Seneca townships were gained by Noble county. After dispute whether the county seat should be established in Cambridge or Washington, it was establi ...
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BELL COVERED BRIDGE
The Bell Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in rural Washington County, Ohio, United States. One of several such bridges in the region built by the same man, it remained open to traffic with the exception of periodic repairs, until it was permanently closed on September 12, 2022, and it has been named a historic site. Located near the community of Barlow in Barlow Township, the bridge carries the gravel Bell Road over Falls Creek,Arnold, Nancy, and Jason Arnold. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bell Covered Bridge'. National Park Service, n.d. Accessed 2014-02-21. a southwestern tributary of Wolf Creek. Surrounded by woods,Moore, Elma Lee. ''Ohios Covered Bridges''. Charleston: Arcadia, 2010, 118. the bridge lies adjacent to the farm once owned by the namesake Bell family, and the surrounding countryside is a mixture of forests and agricultural fields. The builder was E.B. Henderson, who was responsible for four bridges in the ...
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Bell Covered Bridge
The Bell Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in rural Washington County, Ohio, United States. One of several such bridges in the region built by the same man, it remained open to traffic with the exception of periodic repairs, until it was permanently closed on September 12, 2022, and it has been named a historic site. Located near the community of Barlow in Barlow Township, the bridge carries the gravel Bell Road over Falls Creek,Arnold, Nancy, and Jason Arnold. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bell Covered Bridge'. National Park Service, n.d. Accessed 2014-02-21. a southwestern tributary of Wolf Creek. Surrounded by woods,Moore, Elma Lee. ''Ohios Covered Bridges''. Charleston: Arcadia, 2010, 118. the bridge lies adjacent to the farm once owned by the namesake Bell family, and the surrounding countryside is a mixture of forests and agricultural fields. The builder was E.B. Henderson, who was responsible for four bridges in the ...
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Vinton County, Ohio
Vinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,800, making it the least populous county in the state. Its county seat is McArthur. The county is named for Samuel Finley Vinton, US Representative from Ohio (1823–37, 1843–51). Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.6%) is water. Waterways Most of Vinton County is in the Raccoon Creek watershed. Most of the rest of the county, to the west, is in the Salt Creek watershed. Adjacent counties * Hocking County (north) * Athens County (northeast) * Meigs County (east) * Gallia County (southeast) * Jackson County (south) * Ross County (west) Demographics 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 12,806 people, 4,892 households, and 3,551 families residing in the county. The population density was 31 people per square mile (12/km2). There were 5,653 housing units at an average densi ...
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McArthur, Ohio
McArthur is a village in Vinton County, Ohio, United States. It is located 27 miles southeast of Chillicothe. The population was 1,701 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Vinton County. History McArthur was laid out and platted in 1815. It was originally called McArthurstown and was named for Duncan McArthur, an army general in the War of 1812. The oldest surviving building is the McArthur Hotel, which was built in 1839, and will be going under renovation in 2022. Geography McArthur is located at (39.247191, -82.479612). It is located at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and Ohio State Route 93. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,701 people, 700 households, and 451 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 771 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.1% Whit ...
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Bay Covered Bridge
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a narrow entrance. A fjord is an elongated bay formed by glacial action. A bay can be the estuary of a river, such as the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary of the Susquehanna River. Bays may also be nested within each other; for example, James Bay is an arm of Hudson Bay in northeastern Canada. Some large bays, such as the Bay of Bengal and Hudson Bay, have varied marine geology. The land surrounding a bay often reduces the strength of winds and blocks waves. Bays may have as wide a variety of shoreline characteristics as other shorelines. In some cases, bays have beaches, which "are usually characterized by a steep upper foreshore with a broad, flat fronting terrace".Maurice Schwartz, ''Encyclopedia of Coastal Science'' (2006), p. 12 ...
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Marion Township, Morgan County, Ohio
Marion Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ..., United States. The 2000 census found 1,336 people in the township, 1,031 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Geography Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Penn Township - north * Windsor Township - northeast * Wesley Township, Washington County - southeast * Bern Township, Athens County - south * Ames Township, Athens County - southwest corner * Homer Township - west * Union Township - northwest The village of Chesterhill is located in central Marion Township. Marion Township is the farthest south of all of Morgan County's townships. Name and history It is one of twelve Marion Townsh ...
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Barkhurst Mill Covered Bridge
The Barkhurst Mill Covered Bridge, near Chesterhill, Ohio and also known as Williams Covered Bridge, was built in 1872. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ... in 1999. It was built by Benjamin and John Pierpoint in 1872. As of 2017, the bridge is at the end of a township road and appears to have been abandoned. It was a work of John Shrake and of E.W. Kirby. References Covered bridges in Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Morgan County, Ohio Bridges completed in 1872 {{MorganCountyOH-NRHP-stub ...
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Greene County, Ohio
Greene County is located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 167,966. Its county seat is Xenia. The county was established on March 24, 1803 and named for General Nathanael Greene, an officer in the Revolutionary War. Greene County is part of the Dayton, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.6%) is water. Adjacent counties * Clark County (north) * Madison County (northeast) * Fayette County (east) * Clinton County (south) * Warren County (southwest) * Montgomery County (west) National protected area * Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park (part) Major highways * * * * * * * * * * * * * Demographics 2000 census As of the census of 2010, there were 161,573 people, 61,825 households, and 39,160 families living in the county. The population density was 356 people per square ...
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Jasper Township, Greene County, Ohio
Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases,Kostov, R. I. 2010. Review on the mineralogical systematics of jasper and related rocks. – Archaeometry Workshop, 7, 3, 209-213PDF/ref> is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to iron(III) inclusions. Jasper breaks with a smooth surface and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone. It can be highly polished and is used for items such as vases, seals, and snuff boxes. The specific gravity of jasper is typically 2.5 to 2.9. Jaspillite is a banded-iron-formation rock that often has distinctive bands of jasper. Etymology and history The name means "spotted or speckled stone," and is derived via Old French ''jaspre'' (variant of Anglo-Norman ''jaspe'') and Latin ''iaspidem'' (nom. ''iaspis'') from Greek ἴασπις ''iaspis'' (feminine noun), from an Afroasiatic language ...
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Ballard Road Covered Bridge, Western Side
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