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Photo taken June 2005 by Jack Schmidt
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Photos of newly restored Harshman Covered Bridge.

Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in July 2008

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Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in July 2008

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Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in July 2008

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Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in July 2008

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Vintage postcard view

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Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Four Mile Creek on Fairhaven Road
Location
Preble County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1894 by Everett S. Sherman, Restored 2008.
Builder
- E.S. Sherman
Design
Covered Childs through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 90.9 ft.
Total length: 102.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.1 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.69983, -84.76933   (decimal degrees)
39°41'59" N, 84°46'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/691249/4396821 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Fairhaven
Inventory numbers
ODOT 6836399 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
WGCB 35-68-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 76001517 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28263 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2007)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1969)
340

Categories 

19th Century (2,074)
Built 1894 (72)
Built during 1890s (810)
Childs truss (8)
Covered (564)
E.S. Sherman (7)
NR-listed (1,569)
Ohio (1,682)
One-lane traffic (6,990)
Open (22,306)
Owned by county (14,360)
Preble County, Ohio (51)
Skewed (3,684)
Span length 75-100 feet (3,319)
Structurally deficient (12,078)
Through truss (5,560)
Total length 100-125 feet (2,509)
Truss (16,277)
Wooden deck (5,164)

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Harshman Covered Bridge
Posted November 13, 2007, by Dean Lewis (f7motor [at] globalsite [dot] net)

Pictures taken 10-01-2006

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Harshman Covered Bridge
Posted October 30, 2007, by Bill Eichelberger (wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Photo taken in 1987 by Bill Eichelberger

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