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Basil Covered Bridge 35-23-26x

Fairfield County, Ohio

Photo 

Columbus Metropolitan Library

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

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BH Photo #280003

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Multiple Kingpost through truss bridge over Walnut Creek on Basil Road
Location
Fairfield County, Ohio
Status
Removed by the County for replacement.
History
Built 1889; removed in 1967 and replaced
Builder
- William Black
Design
Covered Multiple Kingpost through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 96.0 ft.
Also called
Leonard Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.84328, -82.61696   (decimal degrees)
39°50'36" N, 82°37'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/361658/4411614 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Baltimore
Inventory numbers
WGCB 35-23-26x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 60299 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,571)
Built 1889 (238)
Built during 1880s (1,994)
Covered (1,648)
Destroyed by fire (195)
Fairfield County, Ohio (43)
Lost (24,762)
Lost 1967 (69)
 Lost during 1960s (746)
Multiple Kingpost truss (147)
Ohio (3,405)
Through truss (15,082)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,588)
Truss (32,809)
William Black (1)

Update Log 

  • September 16, 2017: Updated by Will Truax: Confirmed and corrected status.
  • March 19, 2014: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Will Truax - Bridgewright [at] gmail [dot] com
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Basil Covered Bridge 35-23-26x
Posted September 14, 2017, by Kelvin Burgoon (kburgoon [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com)

This bridge was not burned, just replaced in 1967