Mount Olive Road Covered Bridge

Vinton County, Ohio

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Photo taken by Donald K. O'Brien

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Overview
Covered bridge over Middle Fork Salt Creek on TR 8 (Mt. Olive Road)
Location
Vinton County, Ohio
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1875 by G. W. Pilcher; rehabilitated 1963
Design
Covered Queenpost through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 35.1 ft.
Total length: 53.2 ft.
Deck width: 12.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 8.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1976
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.28650, -82.58867   (decimal degrees)
39°17'11" N, 82°35'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
ODOT 8234922 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
WGCB 35-82-04 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 76001538 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28542 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2005)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 27.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1991)
20

Update Log 

  • October 11, 2006: Posted photo from Donald K. O'Brien

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

Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger circa 1989

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