Rinard Covered Bridge Explained

Rinard Covered Bridge
Coordinates:39.5369°N -81.2225°W
Built:1876
Builder:Smith Bridge Company
Architect:H. H. Townsend
Architecture:Smith truss
Added:October 8, 1976
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:76001546

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

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.

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.[1]

It is covered in the Ohio Historic Places Dictionary.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rinard Covered Bridge 35-84-28 . Bridgehunter.
  2. Book: [{{Google books|YfvhVln0D20C|pg=PA1472|plainurl=yes}} Ohio Historic Places Dictionary ]. 2 . 1999 . Somerset Publishers, Inc. . Lorrie K. Owen . September 7, 2018 . 1472.