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Fristoe, Adams County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-01-11x
County: Adams County
Township: Meigs
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Fristoe
Crosses: Ohio Brush Creek
Truss type: Multiple King with Arches
Spans:
Length: 214'
Roadway Width:
Built:
Builder:
When Lost: 1937
Cause: Flood
Latitude: N38 53.691
Longitude: W083 27.147
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Directions: 1 mile south-southwest of Jacksonville on OH41.

Fristoe Bridge, Meigs, Adams County, OH Flood 1937
Miriam G. Wood Collection

Comments:
End panels reinforced with cross bracing, looking like a Long truss. Per the Portsmouth Daily Times, May 12, 1936, "BRIDGE CLOSED - PEEBLES, May 12---The covered bridge on route 41, known as the Fristoe bridge over Brush creek, five miles south of Peebles is closed to traffic. The foundation was weakened by recent floods. The bridge was built 66 years ago. A concrete bridge will replace it and the road built through Richard Fristoe's farm."

Sources:
Portsmouth Daily Times, May 12, 1936, p.2.
Wood, Miriam. Ohio Covered Bridge Index, Adams County