Photo 

Overview

Photo taken June 2005 by Jack Schmidt

Map 

Vicinity Map

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Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Prices Creek on TR 436 (Price Road)
Location
Preble County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1894 by Everett S. Sherman; rehabilitated 1973
Design
Covered Childs through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 94.2 ft.
Total length: 100.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.2 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 19, 1975
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.84333, -84.59700   (decimal degrees)
39°50'36" N, 84°35'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
ODOT 6830072 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
WGCB 35-68-13 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 75001528 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28262 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2006)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 22.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1973)
50

Categories 

19th Century (1,725)
Built 1894 (70)
Built during 1890s (651)
Childs truss (8)
Covered (504)
Functionally obsolete (5,063)
NR-listed (1,470)
Ohio (1,645)
Open (21,592)
Owned by county (14,138)
Preble County, Ohio (50)
Span length 75-100 feet (3,250)
Through truss (5,208)
Total length 100-125 feet (2,418)
Truss (15,742)
Wooden deck (5,156)

Update Log 

  • April 10, 2006: Posted photo from Jack Schmidt

Sources 

Comments 

Geeting Covered Bridge
Posted October 30, 2007, by Bill Eichelberger (wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Photo taken in 1987 by Bill Eichelberger

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