Sunday, April 22, 2018

WARNKE COVERED BRIDGE - LEWISBURG, OHIO




















                                                                                                   SWAMP CREEK
                                                                                                 PREBLE COUNTY
                                                                                                       BUILT - 1895

Length - 52'.....NE of Lewisburg, Harrison Township. US40 E. 0.4 miles from jct with OH503 in Lewisburg, NE on Verona Rd. 1.5 miles, E. on Swamp Creek Rd. 0.2 miles to the bridge. Built by Everett S. Sherman. (Everett died soon after this was completed -it was his last one he built). Bridge was named for the Warnke family who lived close by. Rehabilitated in 2008 for a cost of $240,924.  Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1976. Truss Type - Covered Childs Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 35-68-14

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