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Scottown or Pleasant Ridge, Lawrence County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-44-05
County: Lawrence County
Township: Windsor
Town/Village: Scottown
Bridge Name: Scottown or Pleasant Ridge
Crosses: Indian Guyan Creek
Truss type: Multiple King Variation
Spans: 1
Length: 79'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1877
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N38 32.868
Longitude: W082 22.826
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Directions: 0.7 miles east of jct OH775 on OH217, then 100 feet right on Pleasant Ridge Rd. (CR67). East of Scottown.

Scottown or Pleasant Ridge Bridge, Windsor, Lawrence County, OH Built 1877
Larry Cunningham Photo

Scottown or Pleasant Ridge Bridge, Windsor Twp., Lawrence County, OH Built 1877
Bill Caswell Photo, January 9, 2016

Scottown or Pleasant Ridge Bridge, Windsor, Lawrence County, OH Built 1877
Jeff Griffen Collection

Comments:
Rebuilt 1991. The bridge is closed to traffic. Truss includes crossbraces on the two center panels and a segmental arch on each truss. Reinforced with steel rods and cables that were added in 1934, possibly due to flood damage from 1931. Replacement for OH/35-44-77x.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, June 2010
Wood, Miriam. Ohio Covered Bridge Index, Lawrence County
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 74-75, 107
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 76

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