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Jacoby Mill Road or Goes Station, Greene County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-29-14x
County: Greene County
Township: Xenia
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Jacoby Mill Road or Goes Station
Crosses: Little Miami River
Truss type: Burr variation
Spans: 1
Length: 137'-8" / 147'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1869
Builder:
When Lost: 21 Jul 1970
Cause: Arson
Latitude: N39 45.85
Longitude: W083 54.11
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Directions: 5½ miles north of Xenia on TR82.

Jacoby Road Bridge, Xenia, Greene County, OH Built 1869 Arson 21 Jul 1970
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
14-panel truss. Although this bridge was listed as a Wernwag truss in the World Guide to Covered Bridges due to radial posts, later research indicates that it may have actually been a variation of Theodore Burr's arched truss design.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, April 2010
Clough, Philip & Betsy. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 1959, page 39
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXIX, No. 3, October 1971, page 10
Shell, James H.. Covered Wooden Truss Bridges of Greene County, Ohio, 1998
Knapp, Ronald G. & Miller, Terry. Theodore Burr and the Bridging of Early America, 2023, Page 423

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