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Buckskin or South Salem, Ross County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-71-02
County: Ross County
Township: Buckskin
Town/Village: South Salem
Bridge Name: Buckskin or South Salem
Crosses: Buckskin Creek
Truss type: Smith Double
Spans: 1
Length: 99'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1873
Builder: Smith Bridge Company
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 20.048
Longitude: W083 18.870
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Directions: 1.4 miles south of jct OH28 on CR46 (Stewart St.), then 0.5 miles west on CR54. Just west of South Salem.
Comments: Rebuilt 2006. 10-panel truss.

Buckskin Creek Bridge, Buckskin, Ross County, OH Built 1873
Larry Cunningham Photo

Sources:
Wood, Miriam. Ohio Covered Bridge Index, Ross County
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 151, 160
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 83

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