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Overview
Covered bridge over Raccoon Creek on Wilkesville Road (TR 4)
Location
Vinton County, Ohio
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1874 by Martin McGrath & Lyman Wells; rehabilitated 1932
Design
Covered Multiple Kingpost through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 98.1 ft.
Total length: 174.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.04789, -82.37614   (decimal degrees)
39°02'52" N, 82°22'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/380915/4322991 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Mulga
Inventory numbers
ODOT 8235988 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
WGCB 35-82-06 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 73001545 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28544 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2007)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 16.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1991)
10

Categories 

19th Century (2,074)
Built 1874 (29)
Built during 1870s (313)
Covered (564)
Multiple Kingpost truss (56)
NR-listed (1,569)
Ohio (1,682)
One-lane traffic (6,990)
Open to pedestrians (506)
Owned by county (14,360)
Span length 75-100 feet (3,319)
Structurally deficient (12,077)
Through truss (5,560)
Total length 125-175 feet (2,737)
Truss (16,277)
Vinton County, Ohio (13)
Wooden deck (5,164)

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Ponn Humpback Covered Bridge
Posted January 20, 2008, by Bill Eichelberger (wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Photos circa 1988.

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