Rinard Covered Bridge

The Rinard Covered Bridge, near Marietta, Ohio, was built in 1876. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

Rinard Covered Bridge
Restored bridge c.2010
Rinard Covered Bridge is located in Ohio
Rinard Covered Bridge
Rinard Covered Bridge is located in the United States
Rinard Covered Bridge
Nearest cityMarietta, Ohio
Coordinates39°32′13″N 81°13′21″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1876
Built bySmith Bridge Company
ArchitectH. H. Townsend
Architectural styleSmith truss
NRHP reference No.76001546[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1976

It is a Smith truss bridge built by the Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio and is a work of H. H. Townsend. It has also been known as Hendershott's Ford Bridge.[1]

It is located northeast of Wingett Run on County Road 406 in Ludlow Township, Washington County, Ohio.

It spans the Little Muskingum River. The bridge was destroyed by a flash flood on September 18, 2004 and was rebuilt in 2006.[2]

It is covered in the Ohio Historic Places Dictionary.[3]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Rinard Covered Bridge 35-84-28". Bridgehunter.
  3. Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary. Vol. 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 1472. Retrieved September 7, 2018.

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