Eagle Creek Covered Bridge

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Eagle Creek Covered Bridge
Location3 mi (4.8 km) south of Decatur, Ohio on State Route 763
Coordinates 38°46′11″N83°42′54″W / 38.76972°N 83.71500°W / 38.76972; -83.71500 (Eagle Creek Covered Bridge)
Arealess than one acre
Built1875 (1875)
Built bySmith Bridge Co.; Rees, Samuel
Architectural styleSmith Truss Covered Bridge
NRHP reference No. 75001324 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1975

The Eagle Creek Covered Bridge, in Byrd Township near Decatur, Ohio, was a historic Smith truss covered bridge built in 1875. Also known as the Bowman Bridge, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

Before its destruction it was the longest single-span covered bridge in Ohio. It was one of only 15 Smith truss bridges then surviving in the state, this like most others built by the Smith Bridge Co. [2]

Site of bridge Eagle Creek Covered Bridge site.jpg
Site of bridge

It was washed away in 1997. [3]

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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. 67. ISBN   9781878592705.
  3. Linhardt, Becky. "Brown's Covered Bridges are Picture-Perfect", The Cincinnati Enquirer , 2002-10-13. Accessed 2016-01-10.