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Otway, Scioto County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-73-15
County: Scioto County
Township: Brush Creek
Town/Village: Otway
Bridge Name: Otway
Crosses: Scioto Brush Creek
Truss type: Smith Double & Arch
Spans: 1
Length: 127'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1874
Builder: Smith Bridge Company
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N38 51.768
Longitude: W083 11.407
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Directions: 180 feet west of jct OH73 then 0.1 miles right on bypassed section of OH348. West edge of Otway.

Otway Bridge, Brush Creek, Scioto County, OH Built 1874
Larry Cunningham Photo

Otway Bridge, Brush Creek, Scioto County, OH Built 1874
Bill Caswell Photo, June 3, 2013

Comments:
The bridge was renovated in 1896 with the addition of wood arches and steel rods. A steel truss was added on the east end in 1923 which replaced a boxed wood pony truss. Bypassed in the early 1960s and rennovated in 2014.

Sources:
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, Scioto County
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 152-153, 160
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 84

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