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Harshman, Preble County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-68-03
County: Preble County
Township: Dixon
Town/Village: Dixon
Bridge Name: Harshman
Crosses: Four Mile Creek
Truss type: Childs
Spans: 1
Length: 104'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1894
Builder: Everett S. Sherman
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 42.152
Longitude: W084 46.176
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Directions: 2.0 miles east of Indiana state line on OH122, then 3.0 miles south on Concord-Fairhaven Rd. (TR218).

Harshman Bridge, Dixon, Preble County, OH Built 1894
Bill Eichelberger Photo, January 1987

Harshman Bridge, Dixon, Preble County, OH Built 1894
Larry Cunningham Photo

Comments:
12-panel truss. Truss members are white pine. Per The Register-Herald (Eaton), March 9, 1960, the shed length of the bridge is 121 feet with a 95 foot clear span. Local recollections set the build date at 1895. The truss includes a false panel that keeps the portals square with the road even though the trusses are set on a skew otherwise.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, April 2010
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XV, No. 2, July 1957, page 5
Wood, Miriam. Ohio Covered Bridge Index, Preble County
Connecticut River Valley Covered Bridge Society. Bulletin, Volume IX, No. 4 (Spring 1963), page 2
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 143, 159
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 82

Compilation 2026 Covered Spans of Yesteryear

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