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Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over Seven Mile Creek on TR 142 (Easton-New Hope Road) in Eaton
- Location
- Eaton, Preble County, Ohio
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1895 by Everett S. Sherman
- Builder
- - E.S. Sherman
- Design
- Covered Childs through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 94.2 ft.
Total length: 107.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.76950, -84.65467 (decimal degrees)
39°46'10" N, 84°39'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/700878/4404805 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Eaton North
- Inventory numbers
- ODOT 6839258 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
WGCB 35-68-13 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 76001516 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28255 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1969)
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Update Log
- October 24, 2008: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
- July 23, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon
- April 10, 2006: Posted photo from Jack Schmidt
Sources
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
- Anthony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Bill Eichelberger - wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com
