Fall 2011 OHBA Bridge
Tour

Coshocton and Licking Counties

September 18, 2011

Tour Director: Doug Miller

Lead Vehicle cell phone: 937/657-3563

We will be meeting in the west
area of Coshocton. From the SR 16/SR 83/SR 541/Chestnut Street interchange go east
towards Coshocton crossing the Muskingum River at the confluence of the
Walhonding and the Tuscarawas Rivers to the second drive on the right into
McDonald’s. We will have a mixture of covered and significant metal
bridges in our tour.

COSHOCTON COUNTY BRIDGES

We will visit three
bridges in Coshocton
County; One covered and
two metal bridges. The covered bridge is the Helmick Bridge
and the other metal bridges are a two-span Pennsylvania
though truss and a historic pedestrian bridge in Roscoe Village.
Coshocton County had over 90 covered bridges and
only one remains today.

10:00 Meet at
McDonald’s 101 East Chestnut Street Coshocton,
OH 43812

Get Directions

Area
served:  - Category: Unverified listing10:10 Depart

Turn LEFT             from
McDonald’s parking lot onto Chestnut
Street and go west for approximately 0.2 miles

Merge RIGHT     on SR 16/SR 83 and go
north for approximately 0.5 miles.

Turn LEFT             on
US 36 and go west for 12 miles

Turn RIGHT         on
OH 715 and go west approximately 3 miles going over the Mohawk Dam to two-span
metal truss. Drive just past the truss (to your left as it has been bypassed)
and turn left onto the old gravel road opposite of
County Road 20 and park just before the bridge.

10:30 ARRIVE    A 2-span Pennsylvania Through Truss over Walhonding River,
410’ overall length, Built 1914 by the Central Concrete and Construction
Company of Canton, Ohio. (Lat 40.35488, Long -82.10525)

10:50 LEAVE        Turn
right from gravel area onto SR 715 and travel east for approximately 3 miles to
US36

Turn LEFT             on
US36 and go approximately 5.5 miles to SR 60.

Turn LEFT             on
SR 60 and go approximately 7 miles to County Road 343 at Blissville.

Turn RIGHT         on
County Road 343 and go approximately 1.5 miles to Township Road 25.

Turn LEFT             on
County Road 25 and drive past Helmick Covered
Bridge and park on north side.

11:15
ARRIVE     Helmick Covered
Bridge over Killbuck Creek (35-16-02), 166’
2-Span, Buckingham Truss built by John Shrake in
1863, Rebuilt 1995. (Lat 40.39333, Long -81.94266)

11:35
LEAVE        from bridge and continue
on County Road 25 for approximately 0.5 miles and merge left to stay on County
Road 25. Continue for approximately 2 miles to SR 60.

Turn LEFT             on
SR 60 and go approximately 7.7 miles to US 36.

Turn LEFT             on
US 36 and go approximately 5.5 miles to County Road 495

Turn RIGHT         then
a quick LEFT on County Road 495 which becomes N. Whitewoman Street. Continue
approximately 0.5 miles to Roscoe
Village and turn into
parking lot on left.

12:00
ARRIVE     Roscoe
Village Towpath Footbridge over the Ohio-Erie Canal lock, single span, Iron
Howe pony truss built in 1872 from other bridge parts. (Lat 40.2838, Long -81.8776)
The bridge has been documented by Historic Architectural and Engineering Record
(HAER) Survey Number OH-94. Its significance is the bridge is
constructed of fragments of an iron Howe truss welded together. Details are
very similar to those in a truss in Preble County,
Ohio, which was probably a "Davenport straight Howe
truss" built by the Massillon Bridge Company.

Lunch will be at the shelters near the bridge. Be sure to
bring a chair and pack a lunch.

1:00
LEAVE          by turning
LEFT out of the parking lot onto N. Whitewoman Street and go approximately 0.2
mile and Turn RIGHT to stay on N. Whitewoman Street then continue approximately
0.4 mile to SR 541/W. Chestnut Street.

Turn RIGHT         on
SR 541/W. Chestnut Street
and go west approximately 14.5 miles to SR 79.

Turn LEFT             on
SR 79 and enter Licking
County.

LICKING
COUNTY BRIDGES

We will visit
seven bridges in Licking
County. Five bridges will
be wooden covered and two will be metal trusses. Licking County
had over 150 covered bridges per Miriam Wood in her book “The Covered Bridges of Ohio, “copyright
1993.

Follow SR 79 for 9 miles
after turning left from SR 541 to Pine
Bluff Road (Licking County Road 223)

Turn RIGHT         on
Pine Bluff Road
(Licking County Road 223) and go approximately 1.3 miles to Frampton Road (County Road 201)

Turn LEFT             on
Frampton Road
(County Road 201) and go approximately 0.7 mile to Gregg Mill Covered Bridge

1:35 ARRIVE        Gregg Mill
Covered Bridge over Wakatomika
Creek (35-45-06), 124’ Span, Multiple Kingpost Truss, Built 1881 and
Restored in 1992. (Lat 40.22167,
Long -82.23833)

1:55 LEAVE          by
continuing west on Frampton Road
(County Road 201) approximately 1.2 miles to SR 586/Pleasant Valley Road NE

Turn RIGHT         on
SR 586/Pleasant Valley Road NE and go approximately 1.2 miles to Girl Scout Road
(Township Road 225)

Turn RIGHT         on
Girl Scout Road
(Township Road 225) and go east 0.2 mile and bear right at “Y”
staying on Girl Scout Road
and go approximately 1 mile to Mercer/Shoults/Girl
Scout Camp Covered Bridge.

2:05
ARRIVE        Mercer/Shoults/Girl Scout Camp Covered Bridge
over Wakatomika Creek (35-45-05), 74’ Span,
Multiple Kingpost Truss, Built 1879. (Lat 40.23343, Long -82.24972)

2:25
LEAVE          by going
approximately 150 feet past the bridge then turn around by using the drive on
right. After turning around go back through the covered bridge and continue
west for approximately 1.2 miles to SR 586/Pleasant Valley Road NE.

Turn LEFT             on
SR 586/Pleasant Valley Road NE and go 3.2 miles to SR 79 S/Fallsburg
Road

Turn RIGHT         on
SR 79 S/Fallsburg Road and go approximately 5 miles
to Rocky Fork Road
(County Road 210)

Turn RIGHT         on
Rocky Fork Road
(County Road 210) and continue north for 0.2 miles to “Y” and bear
to the left staying on Rocky Fork
Road (County Road 210) and continue north for
approximately 1.5 miles to Swick-Holton (Township
Road 236)

Turn LEFT             on
Swick-Holton
Road (Township Road 236) and go west approximately
150’ over the bridge and turn left into Boy Scout Camp driveway and go
south for approximately 0.5 miles to a parking lot. This is a two-for-one stop as we have two bridges to view.

3:00
ARRIVE        First Bridge: Falling Rock (Boy Scout) Camp Iron Post Truss Bridge over
Rocky Fork, Built 1872; originally constructed over Brushy Fork in Perry
Township, probably by the Cleveland Bridge & Car Works; on Aug. 3, 1926, Licking
County offered to give bridge to Village of Hebron in exchange for moving it;
in April 1927 C.B. Patterson erected bridge on new abutments at the west end of
Cumberland Street over the Ohio Canal in Hebron; on June 24, 1931, Hebron
council voted to sell bridge to Licking County to be relocated to the Boy Scout
Camp. Because of a dispute over right-of-way, the bridge was never used during
its time in Hebron.
This is a very rare bridge and has been documented with a HAER Survey Number
OH-89. (Lat 40.17962, Long                     -82.301369)

Second
Bridge:
Boy Scout (or Rainrock) Covered Bridge (35-45-04), 44’ Span, Multiple
Kingpost Truss, Built ??, relocated 1974 from nearby
county road.

3:30
LEAVE          by exiting the
parking area back out the drive to Swick-Holton Road (Township
Road 236)

Turn RIGHT         on
Swick-Holton
Road (Township Road 236) and go east for
150’ to Rocky Fork Road
(County Road 210) and go south for approximately 1.7 miles to SR 79 S/Fallsburg Road.

Turn RIGHT         on
SR 79 S/Fallsburg Road and go southwest approximately
1.7 miles to Hickman Road
(County Road 210)

Turn LEFT             on
Hickman Road
(County Road 210) and go south approximately 1 mile to Davis Farm Covered Bridge on right.

3:45
ARRIVE        Davis Farm
Covered Bridge over Rocky Fork (35-45-25), 50’,
Built 1947, Multiple Kingpost Truss. This bridge is on a Private Drive. (Lat 40.135307, Long -82.301695)

4:00
LEAVE          by continuing on Hickman Road
(County Road 210) for 0.5 miles to Jobes Road (Township Road 246)

Turn RIGHT         on
Jobes
Road (Township Road 246) and go 1.4 miles to SR 79
S/Fallsburg Road

Turn LEFT             on
SR 79 S/Fallsburg Road and go 7 miles and merge to
the right onto SR 16 and go approximately 2 miles and exit at the 21st Street
exit.

Turn RIGHT         on 21st Street
and go north 0.2 miles to Granville
Road

Turn LEFT             on
Granville Road
and go 0.8 miles to Manor Drive

Turn RIGHT         on
Manor Drive
(also entrance into OSU Newark Branch) and go approximately 400’ to
circular road and Turn RIGHT for 0.2 miles to parking lot on right.

4:20 ARRIVE        Rodrick  Bridge OSU Newark Campus bikepath;  Squire Whipple Iron Bowstring Truss, 101’
Span, Built 1872 by the Coshoction Iron
Works. Moved from Coshocton  Rt 144 over
Wills Creek, Ostego to OSU Newark Campus on
Bikeway in 1998. It has been documented with
a HAER Survey Number OH-95. (Lat  40.0722, Long -82.445).

4:40 LEAVE          by exiting parking
lot to circular road to Manor
Drive.

Turn LEFT             on
Manor Drive
and go 400’ to Granville
Road

Turn RIGHT         on
Granville Road
and go approximately 1 mile to Bryn
Mawr Drive

Turn LEFT             on
Bryn Mawr
Drive and go 200’ to W. Church Street/SR 16W
ramp

Turn RIGHT         on
W. Church Street/SR 16W ramp and continue on SR 16W for 4 miles to SR 37 and
continuing straight on SR 37 for approximately 4 miles to Johnstown-Alexandria
Road/SR37 exit (SR 161 continues straight)

Turn RIGHT         on
Johnstown-Alexandria Road/SR37 and go approximately 0.8 miles to
Fireman’s Park on the left.

Turn LEFT             into
Fireman’s Park and park in parking lot.

4:55 ARRIVE        McLain/Lobdell Covered
Bridge (35-45-17) 47’ Span, Built 1871, moved 1977, Multiple Kingpost
Truss; (Lat +40.08600, Long -82.60850)