Byer Covered Bridge

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Byer Covered Bridge
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Photo in 2015
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LocationByers Winter Road, Wellston Ohio, 45692, Byer, Ohio
Coordinates 39°10′46″N82°37′52″W / 39.17944°N 82.63111°W / 39.17944; -82.63111 (Byer Covered Bridge)
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1870
Architectural styleSmith Truss
NRHP reference No. 75001441 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 21, 1975

The Byer Covered Bridge is a covered bridge on State Route 31 in Byer, Ohio, United States. Built in around 1870, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Bridge in 2000, over green water perhaps caused by coal mine runoff Bridge Over Green Water (122707212).jpg
Bridge in 2000, over green water perhaps caused by coal mine runoff

It is a single-span wooden structure "lying on the banks of Pigeon Creek within the Wayne National Forest". [2] It has a Smith truss span. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 792. ISBN   9781878592705.