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The Eagle Creek Covered Bridge, in Byrd Township near Decatur, Ohio, was a historic Smith truss covered bridge built in 1875. Also known as the Bowman Bridge, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
Before its destruction it was the longest single-span covered bridge in Ohio. It was one of only 15 Smith truss bridges then surviving in the state, this like most others built by the Smith Bridge Co.[2]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Eagle_Creek_Covered_Bridge_site.jpg/220px-Eagle_Creek_Covered_Bridge_site.jpg)
It was washed away in 1997.[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 67. ISBN 9781878592705.
- ^ Linhardt, Becky. "Brown's Covered Bridges are Picture-Perfect", The Cincinnati Enquirer, 2002-10-13. Accessed 2016-01-10.
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