Nearly complete
(Photo by Art Smith) Brandon Lowery trims the ends of boards on the floor of the bridge. The boards run the length of the bridge and were part of the original design to allow wagons and later cars and trucks to cross the 1878 structure.
(Photo by Art Smith) The 122-foot bridge received all new siding and will get a new metal roof as part of the rehabilitation.
(Photo by Art Smith) Brandon Lowery trims the ends of boards on the floor of the bridge. The boards run the length of the bridge and were part of the original design to allow wagons and later cars and trucks to cross the 1878 structure.
(Photo by Art Smith) The 122-foot bridge received all new siding and will get a new metal roof as part of the rehabilitation.
(Photo by Art Smith) Brandon Lowery trims the ends of boards on the floor of the bridge. The boards run the length of the bridge and were part of the original design to allow wagons and later cars and trucks to cross the 1878 structure.
(Photo by Art Smith) The 122-foot bridge received all new siding and will get a new metal roof as part of the rehabilitation.
(Photo by Art Smith) Brandon Lowery trims the ends of boards on the floor of the bridge. The boards run the length of the bridge and were part of the original design to allow wagons and later cars and trucks to cross the 1878 structure.
(Photo by Art Smith) The 122-foot bridge received all new siding and will get a new metal roof as part of the rehabilitation.
Trending
Workers from the Righter Company of Columbus are putting the finishing touches on the rehabilitation of the Hills Covered Bridge in Washington County. The $904,827 project was 95 percent funded with federal grants. The project restores the 1878 bridge that crosses the Little Muskingum a short distance from Ohio 26. The bridge is one of nine covered bridges in the county. All of them are closed to vehicular traffic.