Mount Olive Road Covered Bridge

The Mount Olive Road Covered Bridge is a covered Queenpost truss over the Middle Fork Salt Creek near Allensville in Vinton County, Ohio.

The crossing was designed by George Washington Pilcher, a leading engineer in southeastern Ohio, on land owned by the Grandstaff family ¹ in 1875. ² It was rehabilitated in 1963, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and bypassed circa 2000.

Information

• State: Ohio
• Route: Mount Olive Road
• Type: Covered Queenpost Truss
• Status: Active - Pedestrian
• Total Length: 53 feet
• Main Span Length: 35 feet
• Deck Width: 13 feet
• Above Vertical Clearance: 8 feet

Sources

1. Owen, Lorrie K. “Mt. Olive Road Covered Bridge.” Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places, vol. 2, Somerset, St. Clair Shores, 1999, pp. 1368-69.
2. “Mt. Olive Road Covered Bridge.” Ohio Historical Society, 2007.