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Stonelick Covered Bridge

Clermont County, Ohio
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Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger in January 2008

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Overview
Covered bridge over Stonelick Creek on Stonelick Williams Corner Road (CR 116)
Location
Clermont County, Ohio
Status
Currently closed to traffic.
History
Built 1878; rehabilitated 1971
Design
Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 136.2 ft.
Total length: 140.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1974
Also called
Perintown Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.13128, -84.18711   (decimal degrees)
39°07'53" N, 84°11'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/743142/4335113 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Goshen
Inventory numbers
ODOT 1359975 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
WGCB 35-13-02 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 74001419 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 27371 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2008)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 33.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1992)
347

Categories 

19th Century (3,819)
Built 1878 (50)
Built during 1870s (544)
Clermont County, Ohio (11)
Closed (2,071)
Covered (925)
Functionally obsolete (7,035)
Howe through truss (203)
Howe truss (249)
 NR-listed (2,353)
Ohio (2,197)
One-lane traffic (7,111)
Owned by county (16,484)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,136)
Truss (23,565)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • June 22, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • June 20, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: I was told the bridge had been damaged by a truck and closed. I was in the area and stopped by the bridge, and did find it closed but could find no signs of damage.
  • October 24, 2008: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
  • October 16, 2008: New photo from Bill Eichelberger

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Stonelick Covered Bridge
Posted March 21, 2012, by Will Truax (Bridgewright [at] ymail [dot] com)

Local advocates for a reasoned preservation minded approach to the rehabilitation of this bridge have their voices heard - http://t.co/lSr3epnJ

Stonelick Covered Bridge
Posted June 22, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Thank you for the update Will! I didn't want to ignore the no trespassing signs to go underneath the bridge, but knew if there was damage it had to be in the floor system. I did notice the remnants of some yellow police tape and knew that something had indeed happened.

It is time for Clermont County to consider bypassing this bridge, or in worse case moving it. I love to see historic bridges maintained in their original location, but this span has had too many issues with vehicle damage and i fear it will be destroyed.

Stonelick Covered Bridge
Posted June 22, 2010, by Will (Bridgewright [at] ymail [dot] com)

There was damage - See this slideshow, the "displaced boards" are dislodged lower lateral braces. The shear failures in the floor beams are evident in these photos...

The forces imparted by this overload were in all probability dynamic - This truck in all likelihood left the road at the approaches apron, and literally impacted the floor.

Only the dislodged and hanging laterals brought on an emergency inspection and perhaps averted the probability that the next outlaw ignoring all reason, common sense and the weight limit signs from a catastrophic failure and a dip in the drink.

The driver was charged with a misdemeanor (hope they don't give him the chair) this past weekend!

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?&Avis=AB&Dato=20100611&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=6110803&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=1