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Howe truss over Clear creek [1]: 12 Jon Raab Covered Bridge: Colfax Fairfield: 1891 Kidwell Covered Bridge: Over Sunday Creek near Redtown, Ohio: Athens: This covered bridge is located in Dover Township, on Monserat Ridge Road close to its intersection with Ohio State Route 685; Monserat Ridge Road also intersects with Ohio State Route 13 close by
The South Salem Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge in northwestern Ross County, Ohio, United States. It was built in the 1870s and has been designated a historic site because of its well-preserved historic engineering. [1] Since its construction, it has carried Lower Twin Road over Buckskin Creek in Buckskin Township. [2]
OH-138: Strength of Burr-Arch Trusses Burr truss: 2016 WV-12: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Parkersburg Bridge: Extant Parker truss: 1871 1973 CSX Transportation: Ohio River: Belpre, Ohio, and Parkersburg, West Virginia: Washington County, Ohio, and Wood County, West Virginia
Designed by Gustav Lindenthal, the bridge was constructed in 1916 by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway subsidiary Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Railway as part of a new route between Ashland, Kentucky and Columbus, Ohio. The bridge is continuous across two 775-foot-long (236 m) spans, [2] and is considered an engineering marvel. It held the record for ...
The Eldean Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge spanning the Great Miami River in Miami County, Ohio north of Troy.Built in 1860, it is one of the nation's finest surviving examples of a Long truss, patented in 1830 by engineer Stephen H. Long.
A self-supporting, load-bearing deck structure, known as a Bailey Truss, was installed inside the trusses of the Bridgeport Bridge. Despite this, this was not designed for rehabilitation, and the current bridge was opened in 1998 with the current Military Order of the Purple Heart Bridge. Sometime in 2009 much of the Bailey Truss was removed.
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A variation of a plank framed truss with metal plate connectors on a pole barn. Plank framed truss was the name for roof trusses made with planks rather than timber roof trusses. In the 20th century, it was typical for carpenters to make their own trusses by nailing planks together with wood plates at the joints.