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Overview

Photos taken 2004 by Gregory S. Hamilton
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Side view

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Portal

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Pier

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Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Little Muskingum River on Township Road 34
Location
Washington County, Ohio
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Built 1879 by Rolla Merydith; rehabilitated 1998
Builder
- Rolla Merydith
Design
Covered Long through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 128.9 ft.
Total length: 164.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1976
Also called
Gallagher Ford Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.51050, -81.25033   (decimal degrees)
39°30'38" N, 81°15'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
ODOT 8433720 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
WGCB 35-84-27 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 76001545 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28554 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2006)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 23.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1979)
40

Categories 

19th Century (1,743)
Built 1879 (21)
Built during 1870s (261)
Covered (520)
Long truss (6)
NR-listed (1,475)
Ohio (1,657)
One-lane traffic (304)
Open (21,598)
Owned by county (14,156)
Rolla Merydith (3)
Span length 125-175 feet (1,990)
Through truss (5,237)
Total length 125-175 feet (2,628)
Truss (15,781)
Washington County, Ohio (23)
Wooden deck (5,156)

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