Rating:
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Helmick Covered Bridge 35-16-02

Coshocton County, Ohio

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken 2005 by Gregory S. Hamilton

BH Photo #108154

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Two-span covered bridge over Killbuck Creek on TR 25
Location
Coshocton County, Ohio
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Built 1863 by John Shrake; rehabilitated 1996
Builder
- John Shrake
Design
Covered Multiple Kingpost through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 170.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 7.6 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1975
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.39317, -81.94276   (decimal degrees)
40°23'35" N, 81°56'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/419989/4471823 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Killbuck
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
564
Inventory numbers
ODOT 1631322 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
WGCB 35-16-02 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 75001348 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 27410 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 14.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (9,625)
Built 1863 (37)
Built during 1860s (753)
Coshocton County, Ohio (72)
Covered (3,339)
Functionally obsolete (5,589)
John Shrake (5)
Multiple Kingpost truss (216)
NR-listed (3,027)
 Ohio (5,050)
One-lane traffic (8,122)
Open (41,418)
Owned by county (21,997)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,800)
Through truss (19,024)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,467)
Truss (38,302)
Wooden deck (6,261)

Update Log 

  • September 23, 2019: New photos from David Case
  • December 8, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • March 20, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
  • March 12, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
  • February 9, 2014: New photo from Chad Wilkins
  • December 15, 2011: Updated by James McCray: Added category "Civil War"
  • February 20, 2006: Posted photos from Gregory S. Hamilton

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Helmick Covered Bridge 35-16-02
Posted September 23, 2019, by David Case

A great bridge, fairly long for Ohio. I would say the restoration was a complete build of a new bridge. I drove through in 2019 and each span seems to have a slight sag to it now.