Mill Branch Covered Bridge Dedication
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September 29, 2008, Barlow, OH - The Mill Branch Covered Bridge at the Barlow Fairgrounds is one of about 140 covered bridges left in Ohio.
Volunteers and donors restored the bridge in 2007 after Hurricane Ivan took a toll on it in 2004.
Sunday Miriam Wood, an officer of the Ohio Historic Bridge Association spoke at a dedication ceremony. She said the year the bridge was built is still a mystery.
For a video of the ceremony, go to: http://www.wtap.com/news/headlines/29871634.html.
[Footnote: According to the World Guide to Covered Bridges, a National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges publication, the 59-foot Mill Branch Bridge was built c1885 using a multiple king post truss to cross the Mill Branch. The bridge was moved to the Brook fairgrounds in 1980.]
