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Cables were added to strengthen trusses

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History of the bridge

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Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Rebuilt covered bridge over Little Muskingum River.
Location
Washington County, Ohio
Status
Destroyed by flooding, rebuilt
History
Built 1876 by the Smith Bridge Co.; destroyed by flash flood on Sept. 18, 2004. Rebuilt in 2006.
Builder
- Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
Design
Covered Smith through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 130.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1976
Also called
Hendershott's Ford Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.53681, -81.22275   (decimal degrees)
39°32'13" N, 81°13'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/480858/4376372 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Rinard Mills
Inventory numbers
ODOT 8430918 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
WGCB 35-84-28 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 76001546 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28558 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • July 4, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Changed overview, history, and status.

Sources 

  • Anthony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Janis Ford - jford3 [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com

Comments 

Rinard Covered Bridge
Posted January 2, 2007, by Sharon Marshall (sbmarshl [at] localnet [dot] com)

The Rinard covered bridge has been rebuilt with most of the original timbers and on its original site and was rededicated in October 2006.