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Wills Creek, Coshocton County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-16-08x
County: Coshocton County
Township: Franklin
Town/Village: Wills Creek
Bridge Name: Wills Creek
Crosses: Wills Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 173'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1881/82
Builder: F. Mayer
When Lost: Oct 1922
Cause:
Latitude: N40 10.730
Longitude: W081 51.062
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Directions: At Wills Creek on CR271.

Wills Creek Bridge, Franklin, Coshocton County, OH Built 1881/82 Lost 1922
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
Within months of completion of the bridge the 16-panel "Buckingham" Kingpost truss was requiring structural improvements. Iron rods were installed. Then, in 1883 and arch was added. The bridge then resembled a Burr Truss, though the arches were seated on the lower chord rahter than in the abutments as a true Burr would require.

Sources:
Miller, Terry. The Covered Bridges of Coshocton County, OH, 2009, pages 130-132
Wood, Miriam. Ohio Covered Bridge Index, Coshocton County

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