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Eakin Mill or Arbaugh, Vinton County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-82-07#2
County: Vinton County
Township: Vinton
Town/Village: Arbaugh
Bridge Name: Eakin Mill or Arbaugh
Crosses: Raccoon Creek
Truss type: Multiple King (Double) & Arch
Spans: 1
Length: 111'
Roadway Width:
Built: 2003
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 10.288
Longitude: W082 20.201
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Directions: 6.6 miles west of jct US50 on OH32, then 0.4 miles right on CR38A (Eakin Mill Rd.). Northeast of Radcliff.

Eakin Mill or Arbaugh Bridge, Vinton, Vinton County, OH Built 2000s
Brian McKee Photo

Eakin Mill or Arbaugh Bridge, Vinton, Vinton County, OH Built 2003
Bill Caswell Photo, June 3, 2013

Comments:
14-panel truss. Per The McArthur Enquirer, July 28, 1870, "NOTICE To Contractors. --- SEALED PROPOSALS Will be received at the Auditor's Office, in the town of McArthur, Vinton county, Ohio, until the hour of 12 o'clock, M., on Monday, August 15th, A.D. 1870, for ...the building of three Bridges, as follows to-wit: ONE COVERED BRIDGE WITH STONE ABUTMENTS, Across Big Raccoon Creek, at Eakin's Mills, in Vinton Township, Vinton county, Ohio..." In correspondence with Terry Miller (August 7, 1959), the County Engineer, J. M. Ogan, stated that the builder was Oscar Gilman about 1870. Similar to Geer Mill, this bridge had significant camber, ~18 inches. The bridge was significantly rebuilt in 2002.

Source:
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 86