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Cemetery Road or Yellow Springs or Glen Helen (original location), Greene County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-29-01
County: Greene County
Township: Miami
Town/Village: Yellow Springs
Bridge Name: Cemetery Road or Yellow Springs or Glen Helen (original location)
Crosses: Yellow Springs Creek
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 1
Length: 126'-4" / 130'-8"
Roadway Width:
Built: 1886
Builder:
When Lost: 1975
Cause: Moved
Latitude: N39 34.26
Longitude: W083 57.11
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Cemetery Road or Yellow Springs or Glen Helen Bridge, Miami, Greene County, OH Built 1886 (M1975)
Larry Cunningham Photo

Cemetery Road or Yellow Springs or Glen Helen Bridge at original location, Miami, Greene County, OH Built 1886, Moved 1975
Todd Clark Collection

Cemetery Road or Yellow Springs or Glen Helen Bridge at original location, Miami, Greene County, OH Built 1886, Moved 1975
Richard E. Roy Collection

Cemetery Road or Yellow Springs or Glen Helen Bridge, Miami, Greene County, OH Built 1886 (M1975)
Bill Caswell Photo, July 25, 2014

Comments:
12-panel truss. Closed, moved 1975, shortened from original length. Only the central portion of the bridge was used. Renovated in early 2000.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, April 2010
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXXIV, No. 2, Spring 1976, pages 3-4
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 128, 156
Shell, James H.. Covered Wooden Truss Bridges of Greene County, Ohio, 1998
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 73

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