The Bucher Bridge, located off

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near the town of

Rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...

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, was listed on the

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in 1985. It is located about north and west of Rock. Also known as Eight Mile Creek Bridge, the bridge crosses Eight Mile Creek. It is long and wide. It was completed in 1905 by Walter Sharp of El Dorado and constructed of solid concrete. It is a

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bridge, and is possibly reinforced by steel. It has short limestone wing walls. With . It is possibly just the second bridge of this type built by Walter Sharp, who was experimenting. The township did not complete the approaches to the bridge, so people in the area who would use the bridge got together and built the approaches.

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