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Martinsville Road Covered Bridge
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]
Martinsville Road Covered Bridge | |
Bridge in 2013 | |
| Nearest city | Martinsville, Ohio |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°19′47″N 83°50′06″W / 39.32972°N 83.83500°W |
| 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 |
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 edit
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Martinsville Road Covered Bridge". ClintonCountyOhio.Com. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 152. ISBN 9781878592705.