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Parks or South, Perry County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-64-02
County: Perry County
Township: Hopewell
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Parks or South
Crosses: Painter Creek
Truss type: Multiple King
Spans: 1
Length: 58'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1883
Builder: William Dean
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 51.144
Longitude: W082 16.754
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Directions: 2.5 miles north-northeast of US22 on OH668, then 0.9 miles left on Gower Rd. (CR33). North of Somerset.

Parks or South Bridge, Hopewell Twp., Perry County, OH Built 1883
Larry Cunningham Photo

Parks or South Bridge, Hopewell Twp., Perry County, OH Built 1883
© 2004 Gregory S. Hamilton

Parks or South Bridge, Hopewell Twp., Perry County, OH Built 1883
Traugott Keller Photograph, September 10, 1960, NSPCB Archives

Parks or South Bridge, Hopewell Twp., Perry County, OH Built 1883
Bill Caswell Photo, July 20, 2014

Parks or South Bridge, Hopewell Twp., Perry County, OH Built 1883
Traugott Keller Photograph, September 10, 1960, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
6-panel truss. For many years it was painted red with white portals that had a gingerbread trim. That was lost when Perry County’s bridges were changed to a red, white and blue color scheme.

Sources:
Wood, Miriam. Ohio Covered Bridge Index, Perry County
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 216, 228
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 80

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