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Kidwell or Monserat, Athens County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-05-02
County: Athens County
Township: Dover
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Kidwell or Monserat
Crosses: Sunday Creek
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 1
Length: 96'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1880
Builder: Hocking Valley Bridge Works
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 27.345
Longitude: W082 06.191
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Directions: 0.3 miles south of jct OH685 on CR93 (Truetown Rd.), just left Monserat Rd. (TR332). South-southwest of Jacksonville.

Kidwell Bridge, Dover, Athens County, OH Built 1880
Larry Cunningham Photo

Kidwell Bridge, Dover, Athens County, OH Built 1880
H. M. MacKenzie Photo, May 15, 1951, NSPCB Archives

Kidwell Bridge, Dover, Athens County, OH Built 1880
Larry Cunningham Photo

Kidwell Bridge, Dover, Athens County, OH Built 1880
Bill Caswell Photo (2005)

Comments:
10-panel truss. Closed. A. Borneman ran this company and sometimes bid these bridge jobs under his own name. Closed. A. Borneman ran this company and sometimes bid these bridge jobs under his own name.

Sources:
Wood, Miriam. Ohio Covered Bridge Index, Athens County
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 66, 106
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 65

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