Roberts Covered Bridge

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	Roberts Covered Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Eastern end
Nearest city	Eaton, Ohio
Area	less than one acre
Built	1829
Built by	Roberts, Orlistus; Campbell, Joseph
Architectural style	Burr Arch & Truss
NRHP reference No.	71000651
Added to NRHP	September 3, 1971

The Roberts Covered Bridge is a Burr Truss covered bridge in Preble County, Ohio near Eaton. It was built in 1829, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[1]

The bridge was built in 1829 by (and named for) Orlistus Roberts, originally crossing Sevenmile Creek about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Eaton at

39°42′41″N 84°37′15″W / 39.71139°N 84.62083°W.^[2] It was restored in 1962, and further repairs were made in 1974. After being vandalized and heavily damaged by a fire in 1986,^[1]^[3] it was restored and moved to a city park in Eaton in 1990, still crossing Sevenmile Creek at 39°44′26″N 84°38′20″W / 39.740437°N 84.638759°W.^[3]^[4]

It is claimed to be the oldest covered bridge in Ohio, the second oldest covered bridge in the United States, and the oldest of the six remaining "double-barreled" covered bridges in the United States.^[5] Its current location is about 150 feet (46 m) north of the , also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is closed to traffic.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "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. 1178. ISBN 9781878592705. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Preble County Covered Bridges, Preble County Historical Society, 2008. Accessed 2009-04-27.
^ DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 64. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
^ Roberts Bridge Covered Bridge

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[OHPD-2] Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 1178. ISBN 9781878592705. Retrieved September 8, 2018.

[PCHS-3] Preble County Covered Bridges, Preble County Historical Society, 2008. Accessed 2009-04-27.

[4] DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 64. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.

[5] Roberts Bridge Covered Bridge

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