Photo 

Overview

Photo taken June 2005 by Jack Schmidt

Map 

Vicinity Map

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Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Four Mile Creek on Fairhaven Road
Location
Preble County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1894 by Everett S. Sherman
Design
Covered Childs through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 90.9 ft.
Total length: 102.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.1 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1976
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.69983, -84.76933   (decimal degrees)
39°41'59" N, 84°46'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
ODOT 6836399 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
WGCB 35-68-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 76001517 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28263 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2006)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1969)
340

Categories 

19th Century (1,725)
Built 1894 (70)
Built during 1890s (651)
Childs truss (8)
Covered (504)
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)
Structurally deficient (10,792)
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

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Comments 

Harshman Covered Bridge
Posted November 13, 2007, by Dean Lewis (f7motor [at] globalsite [dot] net)

Pictures taken 10-01-2006

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Harshman 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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