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Brubaker, Preble County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-68-06
County: Preble County
Township: Gratis
Town/Village: Gratis
Bridge Name: Brubaker
Crosses: Sam's Run
Truss type: Childs
Spans: 1
Length: 85'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1887
Builder: Everett S. Sherman
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 39.093
Longitude: W084 32.637
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Directions: 0.8 miles west-northwest of jct OH725 on OH122, then 0.6 miles left on Brubaker Rd. (TR328). West-northwest of Gratis.

Brubaker Bridge, Gratis, Preble County, OH Built 1887
Larry Cunningham Photo

Comments:
9-panel truss. Per The Register-Herald (Eaton), March 30, 1960, The bridge abutments were begun in 1887 and the bridge superstructure was finished in 1888. It was built on a skew, but the top course of the abutments had to be adjusted to fit the skew better. The clear span is 73 feet 8 inches and the panels are 8 feet 7 inches and there are 9. Clearance is shallow (11 foot 4 inches) as with all of the earlier bridges built.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, April 2010
The Register-Herald (Eaton), March 30, 1960.
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 3
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 147, 158
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 82