Blackwood Covered Bridge Explained

Blackwood Covered Bridge
Coordinates:39.1972°N -81.9747°W
Built:1881
Architecture:King post truss, covered
Added:June 23, 1978
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:78002004

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.

It is located about 10miles southeast of Athens[1] 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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2 . 1999 . Somerset Publishers, Inc.. Lorrie K. Owen . 41. 9781878592705 .