Blackwood Covered Bridge

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Blackwood Covered Bridge
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Nearest city Athens, Ohio
Coordinates 39°11′50″N81°58′29″W / 39.19722°N 81.97472°W / 39.19722; -81.97472 (Blackwood Covered Bridge) Coordinates: 39°11′50″N81°58′29″W / 39.19722°N 81.97472°W / 39.19722; -81.97472 (Blackwood Covered Bridge)
Arealess than one acre
Built1881
Architectural styleKing post truss, covered
NRHP reference No. 78002004 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 23, 1978

The Blackwood Covered Bridge, over the Shade River near Athens, Ohio, was built in 1881. It is a King post truss bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

It is located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Athens [2] on Blackwood Road (County Road 46) in southern Lodi Township.

It is a single-span bridge with "vertical, high-boarded siding, a metal roof, projected portals, and cut-stone abutments." It is named for the Blackwood family which owned much of Lodi township. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 41. ISBN   9781878592705.

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