county/comté/grafschaft/廊桥

3 covered bridges/ponts couverts/bedeckte holzbrücken

35-05 ATHENS

Glouster

The Palos Bridge

35-05-01

North-east of Glouster off OH 13 on Trimble Road. Over Sunday Creek, Palos Bridge.

1.3 miles north of Glouster on OH 13 then right on Trimble Road 0.1 to the bridge

1 span 75' or 22.8m

Built in 1875 by Daniel Fulton, restored partly in 1977 and again in 1997.

Multiple King post truss.

Jacksonville

The Kidwell Bridge

35-05-02

South-west of Jacksonville on Dover
Road TR 332. Over Sunday Creek,
the Kidwell Bridge.

About 3.5 miles south of Jacksonville on OH13 just past OH 685 then right 0.2 mile on Dover Road to the bridge

1 span 96' or 29.2m, was built in 1880 by August Borneman.

Howe truss

Pratts Fork

The Blackwood Bridge

35-05-06

South-east of Shade, north-east of Pratts Fork on Blackwood Road CR 46, over the Middle Branch of the Shade River, the Blackwood Bridge

Just north of Meigs County line on US 33 then hang right ahead 1.8 miles on King Road CR 45 then right 3.7 miles on Bucks Lake Road CR 44 and right again 0.7 mile on Blackwood Road to the bridge.

1 span 64' or 19.5m, built in 1881, tension rods added in 1905, steel support added in 1975

Multiple King post truss