Rinard Covered Bridge

Rinard Covered Bridge
Restored bridge c.2010
Nearest cityMarietta, Ohio
Coordinates39°32′13″N 81°13′21″W / 39.53694°N 81.22250°W / 39.53694; -81.22250 (Rinard Covered Bridge)
Arealess than one acre
Built1876
Built bySmith Bridge Company
ArchitectH. H. Townsend
Architectural styleSmith truss
NRHP reference No.76001546[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1976

The Rinard Covered Bridge, near Marietta, Ohio, was built in 1876. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

It is a Smith truss bridge built by the Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio and is a work of H. H. Townsend. It has also been known as Hendershott's Ford Bridge.[1]

It is located northeast of Wingett Run on County Road 406 in Ludlow Township, Washington County, Ohio.

It spans the Little Muskingum River. The bridge was destroyed by a flash flood on September 18, 2004 and was rebuilt in 2006.[2]

It is covered in the Ohio Historic Places Dictionary.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Rinard Covered Bridge 35-84-28". Bridgehunter.
  3. ^ Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary. Vol. 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 1472. Retrieved September 7, 2018.

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