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Henville Road, Greene County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-29-20x
County: Greene County
Township: Spring Valley - Xenia & Caesar Creek
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Henville Road
Crosses: Caesar Creek
Truss type: Wernwag
Spans: 1
Length: 107' / 117'-11"
Roadway Width:
Built: 1872
Builder:
When Lost: 1965
Cause:
Latitude: N39 36.93
Longitude: W083 55.29
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Directions: 4¼ miles south of Xenia on TR70 (Henville Road).
Comments: 9-panel Wernwag truss & Arch. The bridge was hit by arsonists in 1952 and again in 1960.

Henville Road Bridge, Spring Valley-Xenia, Greene County, OH Built 1872 Lost 1965
Todd Clark Collection

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, April 2010
Clough, Philip & Betsy. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 1959, page 40
Shell, James H.. Covered Wooden Truss Bridges of Greene County, Ohio, 1998

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