Blackwood Covered Bridge

Blackwood Covered Bridge
Nearest city Athens, Ohio
Coordinates 39°11′50″N 81°58′29″W / 39.19722°N 81.97472°W / 39.19722; -81.97472 (Blackwood Covered Bridge)Coordinates: 39°11′50″N 81°58′29″W / 39.19722°N 81.97472°W / 39.19722; -81.97472 (Blackwood Covered Bridge)
Area less than one acre
Built 1881
Architectural style King post truss,covered
NRHP reference # 78002004[1]
Added to NRHP June 23, 1978

The Blackwood Covered Bridge, over the Shade River near Athens, Ohio, was built in 1881. It is a King post truss bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

It is located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Athens[2] on Blackwood Road (County Road 46) in southern Lodi Township.

It is a single-span bridge with "vertical, high-boarded siding, a metal roof, projected portals, and cut-stone abutments." It is named for the Blackwood family which owned much of Lodi township.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). "Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2". Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 41.

Covered bridges in Ohio

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