Martinsville Road Covered Bridge

Martinsville Road Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Bridge in 2013
Nearest city	Martinsville, Ohio
Coordinates	39°19′47″N83°50′06″W / 39.32972°N 83.83500°W / 39.32972; -83.83500 (Martinsville Road Covered Bridge)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1871
Built by	Wall, Zimri
Architectural style	Multiple kingpost
NRHP reference No.	74001421 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 10, 1974

The Martinsville Road Covered Bridge, west of Martinsville, Ohio in Clark Township, Clinton County, Ohio, was built in 1871. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. ^[1]

It is a multiple kingpost covered bridge. ^[1]

It spans the East Fork of Todds Fork of the Little Miami River and is 72 feet (22 m) long. ^[2]

It was built by Zimri Wall in 1871. Wall co-founded the Champion Bridge Company the next year, which in 1999 was one of the oldest continuously operating bridge companies in the U.S., and which considers this bridge its first work. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "Martinsville Road Covered Bridge". ClintonCountyOhio.Com. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
3. Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 152. ISBN   9781878592705.