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Cuba Pike or Martinsville, Clinton County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-14-09
County: Clinton County
Township: Clark
Town/Village: Clark
Bridge Name: Cuba Pike or Martinsville
Crosses: Todd's Fork
Truss type: Multiple King
Spans: 1+
Length: 80'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1871
Builder: Zimri Wall
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 19.792
Longitude: W083 50.094
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.7 miles west of jct OH134 on OH28, then 0.6 miles right on Martinsville Rd. (CR80). West-northwest of Martinsville.

Cuba Pike or Martinsville Bridge, Clark, Clinton County, OH Built 1871
Larry Cunningham Photo

Cuba Pike or Martinsville Bridge, Clark, Clinton County, OH Built 1871
Bill Eichelberger Photo, 1987

Cuba Pike or Martinsville Bridge, Clark, Clinton County, OH Built 1871
Bob Sheldon Photo, July 10, 2012

Cuba Pike or Martinsville Bridge, Clark, Clinton County, OH Built 1871
H. M. MacKenzie Photo, August 23, 1952, NSPCB Archives

Cuba Pike or Martinsville Bridge, Clark, Clinton County, OH Built 1871
Bill Caswell Photo, June 30, 2016

Comments:
8-panel truss. The bridge was built by the Champion Bridge Company of Wilmington, Ohio, founded by Zimri Wall.

Sources:
Miars, David H. (Steel Bridges). A Century of Bridges - Story, Champion Bridge Co., 1972, Page 8
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 127, 156
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 68

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