Byer Covered Bridge

Summary

The Byer Covered Bridge, on SR 31 in Byer, Ohio, is a covered bridge built in c.1870. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It has a Smith truss span.[1]

Byer Covered Bridge
Photo in 2015
Byer Covered Bridge is located in Ohio
Byer Covered Bridge
LocationSR 31, Byer, Ohio
Coordinates39°10′46″N 82°37′52″W / 39.17944°N 82.63111°W / 39.17944; -82.63111 (Byer Covered Bridge)
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1870
Architectural styleSmith Truss
NRHP reference No.75001441[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 21, 1975
Bridge in 2000, over green water perhaps caused by coal mine runoff

It is a single-span wooden structure "lying on the banks of Pigeon Creek within the Wayne National Forest".[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 792. ISBN 9781878592705.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Byer Covered Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
  • Byer Covered Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels