Germantown Covered Bridge

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Germantown Covered Bridge
Germantown Covered Bridge, Center Street spanning Little Twin Creek, Germantown (Montgomery County, Ohio).jpg
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LocationCenter Street, over Little Twin Creek, Germantown, Ohio
Coordinates 39°37′34″N84°21′54″W / 39.62611°N 84.36500°W / 39.62611; -84.36500
Arealess than one acre
Built1870
Architectural styleInverted bowstring bridge
NRHP reference No. 71000647 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 3, 1971
Removed from NRHP1981

The Germantown Covered Bridge, in Germantown, Ohio, was built in 1870, restored in 1963, [2] and moved from its original location over Little Creek on the Dayton Pike to its present location on East Center St. in 1911. The design was an inverted bowstring. [3]

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The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1] However, it was delisted from the National Register after being destroyed by a vehicle in 1981. Pieces of the bridge were used in the subsequent reconstruction; it was then designated for use by pedestrians only. [4] [5]

It was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1992.

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References

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  2. "Remarkable Ohio: Germantown Covered Bridge".
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