Blackwood Covered Bridge
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.Photo: Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garden and Pratts Fork.
Pratts Fork
Hamlet
Pratts Fork is an unincorporated community in Athens County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Pratts Fork is situated 2½ miles west of Blackwood Covered Bridge.
Burlingham
Hamlet
Burlingham is an unincorporated community in northern Bedford Township, Meigs County, Ohio, United States named for the area's first postmaster. Burlingham allegedly received the nickname of "Bungtown" in the late 1800s when the local women became upset with their husbands for spending too much time at the local saloon and knocked all of the bungs out of the whiskey barrels. Burlingham is situated 3½ miles southwest of Blackwood Covered Bridge.
Blackwood Covered Bridge
- Type: Canopy
- Description: covered bridge in Athens County, Ohio, USA
- Categories: covered bridge, road bridge, heritage site, bridge, building, and historic site
- Location: Athens, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.19714° or 39° 11′ 50″ northLongitude
-81.97435° or 81° 58′ 28″ westInception
1881Open location code
86FW52WG+V7OpenStreetMap ID
way 709318536OpenStreetMap feature
building=roofOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q60741963
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