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Rinard Covered Bridge

Washington County, Ohio
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Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in July 2008

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Overview
Rebuilt covered bridge over Little Muskingum River.
Location
Washington County, Ohio
Status
Destroyed by flooding, rebuilt
History
Built 1876 by the Smith Bridge Co.; destroyed by flash flood on Sept. 18, 2004. Rebuilt in 2006.
Builder
- Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
Design
Covered Smith through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 130.0 ft.
Total length: 130.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1976
Also called
Hendershott's Ford Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.53681, -81.22275   (decimal degrees)
39°32'13" N, 81°13'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/480858/4376372 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Rinard Mills
Inventory numbers
ODOT 8430918 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
WGCB 35-84-28 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 76001546 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28558 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1876 (64)
Built during 1870s (545)
Covered (925)
NR-listed (2,354)
Ohio (2,197)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
 Owned by county (16,490)
Smith Bridge Co. (44)
Smith truss (27)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,137)
Truss (23,574)
Washington County, Ohio (36)

Update Log 

  • February 20, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • July 4, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Changed overview, history, and status.

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Rinard Covered Bridge
Posted January 2, 2007, by Sharon Marshall (sbmarshl [at] localnet [dot] com)

The Rinard covered bridge has been rebuilt with most of the original timbers and on its original site and was rededicated in October 2006.