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McColly Covered Bridge

Ohio, US

McColly Covered Bridge

The McColly Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in western Logan County, Ohio, United States. Located in Washington Township near the community of Bloom Center, it is one of two remaining covered bridges in Logan County. It carries County Road 13 (formerly called the "Covered Bridge P

ike") over the Great Miami River, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of its source at Indian Lake. The bridge was built in 1876 by the Anderson Green Company of Sidney, Ohio at a cost of $3,103 and named for nearby landowner Nicholas McColly. Although Anderson Green built many other bridges statewide, including another bridge in southwestern Logan County, it is the only remaining bridge built by the company in any location. It is approximately 142 feet (43 m) long, with a clearance of 16 feet (4.9 m) and a total width of 20 feet (6.1 m). In 1974, the McColly Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in Ohio's history. At that time, it was one of only eighteen remaining Howe truss bridges in Ohio. Although the nomination assessed its condition at "good," by the 1990s, the number of Howe truss bridges nearly fell to seventeen, as the McColly Bridge...

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