Bickham Covered Bridge 35-46-03

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Overview

Photo taken June 2005 by Jack Schmidt

BH Photo #108350

Overview: Covered bridge over South Fork Miami River on CR 38
Location: Logan County, Ohio
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1877; rehabilitated 1959
Builder: - Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
Design: Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 91.9 ft.
Total length: 106.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.2 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Miami Valley Pike Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.47443, -83.84042 (decimal degrees)
40°28'28" N, 83°50'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/259212/4484292 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Huntsville
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 643
Inventory numbers: ODOT 4633431 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
WGCB 35-46-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 27884 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2018): Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 43.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

October 22, 2021: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added category "Great Miami River"
August 28, 2020: Updated by Matthew Hemmer: made map pin more accurate
December 10, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt
December 5, 2015: Updated by Tony Dillon: Fixed builder
September 8, 2015: New photos from Janis Ford
March 19, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added builder, other name & imported photo
April 7, 2006: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

Bickham Covered Bridge 35-46-03

Posted September 7, 2014, by tom tweed (thomasjtweed [at] yahoo [dot] com)

After riding in the hot car for an hour, as kids, we knew we

were very close to my Grandparents' cottage on the east side

of Indian Lake when we finally got to this bridge. It was

just a few more minutes to O'Connor's Landing and Lake Breeze Drive from there. Dad always honked the car horn

before crossing this bridge -- and while inside it, too,

very loud, I guess that was because it's only one lane and

that was the "rule of the road" back then (early 1960's).

I think the car count listed is way too low, back when the

Indian Lake Playland amusement park was popular, there was

quite a bit of traffic across this bridge. It's a landmark

known to anyone who spent summer weekends on the east side

of Indian Lake, or who drove all the way around the lake.