The Knowlton Covered Bridge, near Rinard Mills, Ohio, was built around 1860. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It was decommissioned shortly after. Also known as the Long Covered Bridge, it is a Burr arch truss bridge.
Knowlton Covered Bridge | |
Nearest city | Rinard Mills, Ohio |
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Coordinates | 39°36′04″N 81°09′26″W / 39.60111°N 81.15722°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1887 |
Architectural style | Burr arch truss bridge |
NRHP reference No. | 80003165[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 11, 1980 |
It is located north of Rinard Mills, and is in Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
The bridge has three spans over the Little Muskingum River. It was rehabilitated in 1995[2] and documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 2004.
It is mentioned in the Ohio Historic Places Dictionary.[3]
The middle span collapsed the evening of July 5, 2019. The Old Camp span has also collapsed, sometime in the summer of 2020.[citation needed] As of March 2024 the bridge is currently under reconstruction. With plans to have it open within a few months.
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