35-57 MONTGOMERY
county/comté/grafschaft/廊桥
3 covered bridges/ponts couverts/bedeckte holzbrücken
Germantown
The Germantown Bridge
The amazing Germantown span, foto Chris Light, a unique structure! Foto Rob Trainor, from below-deck!
35-57-01
At Germantown on East Center Street
Over the Little Twin Creek
Germantown Bridge, closed to motor traffic.
About 12 miles south west of Dayton on OH4, right half a mile in-town on OH725 then right again on Water Street and another right on East Center Street 0.2 mile to the bridge
1 span 100' or 30.4m, built in 1865, moved to present location in 1911 completely restored in 1963.
Inverted Bowstring truss, unique in North America.
Germantown
The Knowlton or Long Bridge
35-57-36 former 35-29-26
South-west edge of Germantown at 11345 Oxford Road.
Over Mud Lick Creek.
Jasper Road, Huston Brown or Mud Lick Bridge, closed to motor traffic, private.
About 12 miles SW of Dayton on OH4, then 2.5 miles west on OH725 and a left on Signal Road for 0.7 mile and right on Oxford Road 0.6 mile to the bridge on the north side, ask for permission to visit
1 span 50' or 15.2m, built in 1877 by J. W. McLain, moved to present location in 1964.
Warren truss with arch.
Dayton
The Feedwire Bridge
35-57-03 former 35-29-09
In Dayton, at Carillon Historical Park at
2001 Patterson Blvd.
Over the Miami & Erie canal.
Feedwire Bridge, closed to motor traffic
About 1 mile east of I-75 at exit 52 on US35 then right 1.5 miles right at Main Street/Patterson Blvd. south to Carillon Park entrance.
1 span 42' or 12.8m, built in 1870 by the Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio. moved there in 1948 from Greene County, and completely restored in 1963.
Warren truss with arch.