Ponn Humpback Covered Bridge | |
Location | 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Wilkesville, Ohio, over Raccoon Creek |
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Coordinates | 39°2′52″N 82°22′35″W / 39.04778°N 82.37639°W |
Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1874 |
Architect | Martin E. McGrath; Lyman Wells |
Architectural style | Burr arch |
NRHP reference No. | 73001545[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 11, 1973 |
The Ponn Humpback Covered Bridge was a historic covered bridge in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near the village of Wilkesville in Vinton County, it bore a name derived from its unusual shape: the bridge was arched in the middle, rather than being flat like a typical covered bridge. Declared a historic site in the 1970s, the bridge had a history closely tied to arson — it was constructed to replace a bridge that had been burned intentionally, and it met its end at the hands of an arsonist.