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Mt. Olive Road Covered Bridge

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.

Mt. Olive Road Covered Bridge
Mt. Olive Road Covered Bridge
Mt. Olive Road Covered Bridge
Mount Olive Road Covered Bridge
Mt. Olive Road Covered Bridge
Mount Olive Road Covered Bridge

Information

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


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.

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