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Upper Darby or Pottersburg or Beltz Mill (relocated), Union County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-80-01
County: Union County
Township: Allen
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Upper Darby or Pottersburg or Beltz Mill (relocated)
Crosses: wet weather area
Truss type: Partridge
Spans: 1
Length: 94'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1868 (M2006)
Builder: Reuben L. Partridge
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 14.439
Longitude: W083 31.726
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 6.3 miles west of US33 in Marysville on OH245, then 0.1 miles right on CR163 (Inskeep-Cratty Rd.) to the bridge on the west side of the road, just west of the Spain Creek Bridge (OH/35-80-02).

Upper Darby or Pottersburg Bridge (relocated), Allen, Union County, OH Built 1868 (2006)
Bill Caswell Photo, July 2007

Upper Darby or Potstersburg Bridge, Allen, Union County, OH Built 1868
Larry Cunningham Photo

Upper Darby or Pottersburg Bridge (original loation), Allen, OH Built 1868
Bill Caswell Photo (2005)

Upper Darby or Potstersburg Bridge, Allen, Union County, OH Built 1868
Larry Cunningham Photo

Upper Darby or Pottersburg Bridge (original loation), Allen, OH Built 1868
Traugott Keller Photograph, November 13, 1960, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
Per the Marysville Journal-Tribune, May 23, 1917, "STRINGTOWN ---- The covered bridge over Darby, at what is known as Gray Hills was burned Tuesday evening about five o'clock. The origin of the fire is not known at present." On July 17, 2006, this bridge was moved to a 3-mile section of an abandoned rail line that is being used as a multi-purpose trail. It is now just west of the Spain Creek Bridge (OH/35-80-02). A new, modern covered bridge (OH/35-80-61) was built at the former site in 2007.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, April 2010
Marysville Journal-Tribune, May 23, 1917, p.6.
Travis, Dale. 'Ohio Covered Bridges List', updated to 25 Aug 2004, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cboh.htm (23 Sep 2004)
Wood, Miriam. Ohio Covered Bridge Index, Union County
Northern Ohio Covered Bridge Society. Buckeye Bridge Briefs, Winter 2006, page 3
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 167-169, 179
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 84

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