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Ballard Road Covered Bridge

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immediately to the south, and Ballard Road now dead-ends at the bridge. By the 1970s, it was one of just eighteen Howe truss covered bridges remaining in Ohio, although thousands of bridges were built to this design in the 19th century throughout the United States. As such, it was deemed
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Following a design by H.E. Hebble, James E. Brown built the bridge across Caesar's Creek in 1883. He chose to name it for a nearby industrialist, Lyman Ballard, who had constructed a
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Although the Ballard Road Bridge remains in its original rural setting, its surroundings are no longer as quiet as originally;
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in 1975. The Ballard Road Bridge is one of five covered bridges in Greene County, and the only one open to road traffic.
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design for the bridge, which measures 80 feet (24 m) in length. Built of wood with iron elements on
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History of Greene County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, and the State of Ohio
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bridge is covered with vertical siding and retains the original square shape of its
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historically significant enough to qualify to be added to the
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approximately thirty years before. Brown chose a seven-panel
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Northwest of Jamestown on Ballard Rd. over Caesars Creek
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Carnegie Library (Old Wilberforce University Campus)
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Ballard Road Covered Bridge is located in Ohio
Ballard Road Covered Bridge is located in the United States
Jamestown
Ohio
39°40′41″N 83°48′55″W / 39.67806°N 83.81528°W / 39.67806; -83.81528
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covered bridge
U.S. state
Ohio
historic site
water-powered mill
grind grain
Howe truss
abutments
limestone
span
portals
Greene County
McDonald Farm
Washington Monument
New Jasper Township
U.S. Route 35
controlled-access highway
National Register of Historic Places



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