Blackwood Covered Bridge

Blackwood Covered Bridge
Blackwood Covered Bridge is located in Ohio
Blackwood Covered Bridge
Nearest cityAthens, Ohio
Coordinates39°11′50″N 81°58′29″W / 39.19722°N 81.97472°W / 39.19722; -81.97472 (Blackwood Covered Bridge)
Arealess than one acre
Built1881
Architectural styleKing post truss, covered
NRHP reference No.78002004[1]
Added to NRHPJune 23, 1978

The Blackwood Covered Bridge, over the Shade River near Athens, Ohio, was built in 1881. It is a King post truss bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

It is located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Athens[2] on Blackwood Road (County Road 46) in southern Lodi Township.

It is a single-span bridge with "vertical, high-boarded siding, a metal roof, projected portals, and cut-stone abutments." It is named for the Blackwood family which owned much of Lodi township.[2]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 41. ISBN 9781878592705.