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North Pole Road, Brown County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-08-23
County: Brown County
Township: Huntington - Union
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: North Pole Road
Crosses: Eagle Creek
Truss type: Smith Triple
Spans: 1
Length: 156'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1875
Builder: Smith Bridge Company
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N38 44.998
Longitude: W083 46.384
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.3 miles northeast of Ripley on US62/68, then 3.2 miles right on North Pole Rd. (CR13).

North Pole Road Bridge, Huntington-Union, Brown County, OH Built 1875
Bill Caswell Photo, January 10, 2016

North Pole Road Bridge, Huntington-Union, Brown County, OH Built 1875
Larry Cunningham Photo

North Pole Road Bridge, Huntington-Union, Brown County, OH Built 1875
H. M. MacKenzie Photo, September 29, 1951, NSPCB Archives

North Pole Road Bridge, Huntington-Union, Brown County, OH Built 1875
Greg McDuffee Photo, November 10, 2020

Comments:
14-panel truss. The North Pole Road bridge is a 166 foot long Smith truss built in 1875. There used to be a nearby twin, the Eagle Creek Bridge, until a flood in March 1997 destroyed the other bridge. This bridge was damaged in the flood and received extensive repairs afterward. The bridge was bypassed in 2019.

Sources:
Travis, Dale. 'Ohio Covered Bridges List', updated to 25 Aug 2004, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cboh.htm (23 Sep 2004)
Wood, Miriam. Ohio Covered Bridge Index, Brown County
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 119, 155
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 66

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