John Bright No. 2 Covered Bridge, Bish Road (Township Route 263) over Poplar Creek, Carroll vicinity, Fairfield County, OH

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5 drawings
6 b&w photos
6 data pages
1 photo caption pages

TITLE:
John Bright No. 2 Covered Bridge, Bish Road (Township Route 263) over Poplar Creek, Carroll vicinity, Fairfield County, OH

CALL NUMBER:
HAER OHIO,23-CAR.V,2-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 5 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 6 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 5 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER OH-45

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-4).

Building/structure dates: 1881 initial construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001393

Significance: The John Bright No. 2 Covered Bridge was built in 1881 by the local firm of Augustus Borneman and Sons of Lancaster, Ohio. The suspension truss design is very unusual, and is known to have been used in only a few bridges in the state. It is virtually identical to the nearby John Bright No. 1 Iron Bridge (see HAER No. OH-44), although the Covered Bridge was strengthened by a wooden arch added at a later date. The design is somewhat similar to a number of mid to late 19th century patents, but it is almost identical to Archibald McGuffie's 1861 patent: "Improvement in Construction of Bridges." This bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

SUBJECTS:
OHIO--Fairfield County--Carroll vicinity
covered bridges

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.oh1527

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF EAST PORTAL, SHOWING GABLE END OF BRIDGE
2. VIEW OF WEST PORTAL
3. DETAIL OF CORNER END OF BRIDGE, SHOWING INTERIOR VIEW OF ENDPOST, THREE PANELS OF TRUSSING, SUPPORTING ARCH, AND A PORTION OF THE GABLED ROOF
4. VIEW FROM STREAMBED, LOOKING AT SOUTH ELEVATION, SHOWING WOODEN-ARCH AND TRUSSING
5. DETAIL VIEW OF SINGLE PANEL POINT OF TRUSS, SHOWING LOWER CHORD CONNECTION BETWEEN VERTICAL POST, SUSPENSION EYE-BAR, AND DECK BEAM; PORTION OF WOODEN-ARCH ALSO IS IN VIEW
6. DETAIL VIEW FROM INTERIOR OF BRIDGE, SHOWING TWO PANEL POINTS OF TRUSSING AND WOODEN-ARCH

CONTROL #:
OH1527

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