Rinard Covered Bridge

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Rinard Covered Bridge
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Restored bridge c.2010
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Nearest city Marietta, Ohio
Coordinates 39°32′13″N81°13′21″W / 39.53694°N 81.22250°W / 39.53694; -81.22250 (Rinard Covered Bridge) Coordinates: 39°32′13″N81°13′21″W / 39.53694°N 81.22250°W / 39.53694; -81.22250 (Rinard Covered Bridge)
Arealess than one acre
Built1876
Built bySmith Bridge Company
ArchitectH. H. Townsend
Architectural styleSmith truss
NRHP reference No. 76001546 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1976

The Rinard Covered Bridge, near Marietta, Ohio, was built in 1876. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1]

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It is a Smith truss bridge built by the Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio and is a work of H. H. Townsend. It has also been known as Hendershott's Ford Bridge. [1]

It is located northeast of Wingett Run on County Road 406 in Ludlow Township, Washington County, Ohio.

It spans the Little Muskingum River. The bridge was destroyed by a flash flood on September 18, 2004 and was rebuilt in 2006. [2]

It is covered in the Ohio Historic Places Dictionary. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Rinard Covered Bridge 35-84-28". Bridgehunter.
  3. Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary. Vol. 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 1472. Retrieved September 7, 2018.

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