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Bethel Road or New Hope, Brown County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-08-05
County: Brown County
Township: Scott
Town/Village: New Hope
Bridge Name: Bethel Road or New Hope
Crosses: White Oak Creek
Truss type: Howe & Arch
Spans: 1
Length: 170'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1878
Builder: Josiah Bryant
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N38 57.570
Longitude: W083 54.940
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 0.2 miles south of main intersection in New Hope on US68, then 0.1 miles right on north side of bypassed section of Bethel-New Hope Rd. (CR5A).

New Hope-Bethel Road Bridge, Scott, Brown County, OH Built 1878
Larry Cunningham Photo

New Hope-Bethel Road Bridge, Scott, Brown County, OH Built 1878
H. M. MacKenzie Photo, September 29, 1951, NSPCB Archives

New Hope-Bethel Road Bridge, Scott, Brown County, OH Built 1878
Bill Caswell Photo, June 30, 2016

Comments:
Closed, bypassed. 20-panel truss. This is the second covered bridge at this site, the previous one was OH/35-08-49. Ohio's longest single span covered bridge. The laminated arches were added in 1902. The Bower Bridge Company of Flemingsburg KY renovated the bridge in 1932 and again in 1977.

Sources:
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, Brown County
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 116-117, 155
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 66

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