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Rock Mill, Fairfield County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-23-48
County: Fairfield County
Township: Bloom
Town/Village: Rock Mill
Bridge Name: Rock Mill
Crosses: Hocking River
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 37'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1901
Builder: J.R. Brandt
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 44.951
Longitude: W082 42.802
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 3.5 miles west of US33 on OH188, then .7 miles right on Rock Mill Rd., then 800 feet right on Lithopolis Rd. to bridge on right on Patton Lane.

Rock Mill Bridge, Bloom, Fairfield County, OH Built 1901
Larry Cunningham Photo

Rock Mill Bridge, Bloom, Fairfield County, OH Built 1901
Bill Caswell Photo, July 21, 2014

Rock Mill Bridge, Bloom, Fairfield County, OH Built 1901
H. M. MacKenzie Photo, April 28, 1951, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
Successor to OH/35-23-142x. Township Bridge #19. This was the last covered bridge and mill combination in Ohio. Closed 2003.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, April 2010
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, Fairfield County
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 199-201, 225
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 72

Compilation 2026 Covered Spans of Yesteryear

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