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Upper Darby or Pottersburg (original location), Union County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-80-01
County: Union County
Township: Allen
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Upper Darby or Pottersburg (original location)
Crosses: Big Darby Creek
Truss type: Partridge
Spans: 1
Length: 94'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1868
Builder: Reuben L. Partridge
When Lost: 17 Jul 2006
Cause: Moved
Latitude: N40 14.953
Longitude: W083 32.000
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.7 miles east of jct OH559 on OH245, then 1.6 miles left on Inskeep-Cratty Rd, then 0.1 miles right on North Lewisburg Rd (CR164). Northeast of North Lewisburg.

Upper Darby or Pottersburg Bridge (relocated), Allen, Union County, OH Built 1868 (2006)
Bill Caswell Photo, July 2007

Upper Darby or Potstersburg Bridge, Allen, Union County, OH Built 1868
Larry Cunningham Photo

Upper Darby or Pottersburg Bridge (original loation), Allen, OH Built 1868
Bill Caswell Photo (2005)

Upper Darby or Potstersburg Bridge, Allen, Union County, OH Built 1868
Larry Cunningham Photo

Upper Darby or Pottersburg Bridge (original loation), Allen, OH Built 1868
Traugott Keller Photograph, November 13, 1960, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
Per the Marysville Journal-Tribune, May 23, 1917, "STRINGTOWN ---- The covered bridge over Darby, at what is known as Gray Hills was burned Tuesday evening about five o'clock. The origin of the fire is not known at present." On July 17, 2006, this bridge was moved to a 3-mile section of an abandoned rail line that is being used as a multi-purpose trail. It is now just west of the Spain Creek Bridge (OH/35-80-02). A new, modern covered bridge (OH/35-80-61) was built at the former site in 2007.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, April 2010
Marysville Journal-Tribune, May 23, 1917, p.6.
Wood, Miriam. Ohio Covered Bridge Index, Union County
Northern Ohio Covered Bridge Society. Buckeye Bridge Briefs, Winter 2006, page 3
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 167-169, 179
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 84

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