Church Hill Road Covered Bridge

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Church Hill Road Covered Bridge
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Nearest city Elkton, Ohio
Coordinates 40°45′43″N80°42′13″W / 40.7619734°N 80.70354°W / 40.7619734; -80.70354
Arealess than one acre
Built1870
NRHP reference No. 75001347 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 11, 1975

The Church Hill Road Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Columbiana County, Ohio. It was originally located over Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek in Elk Township. The bridge was constructed in 1870 and was relocated in 1982 behind a now closed restaurant on Ohio State Route 154 in Elkton, Ohio. [2]

Spanning 19 feet 3 inches, the bridge is one of the shortest covered bridges for public highway use in the United States. [3] It is a 2-panel single kingpost design. [4]

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in June 1975. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Church Hill Road Covered Bridge". Historic and Notable Bridges of the U.S. Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  3. Ohio Historic Places Dictionary. North American Book Dist LLC. 2008. p. 156. ISBN   9781878592705.
  4. Salem, Ohio, Volume 2. Arcadia Publishing. 1999. pp. 74–75. ISBN   9780738500997.