| Past Schedule (2008) | ||
| 3rd Sunday in: | Description | Directions |
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March Winter Meeting |
Meeting will be held March 16 at 1:30 PM in the Hilliard Public Library,
4772 Cemetery Road, Hilliard Ohio. |
Click here for a map to the Hilliard Library |
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May Spring Bridge Tour |
May 18, 2008, 10AM. The Old National Road Tour. Explore the many old bridges and other historic sites along old Route 40 between Licking County and Wheeling. We will visit old stone arch, S-Bridges, wooden covered and metal truss bridges. In some places we will drive on the actual brick remains of the old National Road, our first "Interstate". Don't miss this very special tour! Meeting place is the St. Clairsville McDonalds, at I-70 exit 218 (South)67891 Mall Road, St. Clairsville, OH |
Click here for a map to the tour meeting place. Click here to get the tour guide. |
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July Picnic |
The July 20, 2008 gathering is our annual picnic and meeting held at the Salt Creek Covered Bridge in Muskingum Co. Please bring your own table service and a covered-dish to share with the group. Also, we recommend that you bring a folding chair. |
Click here for a map to the Salt Creek Covered Bridge |
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August 26 Dedication of Ashtabula County Bridge #17 |
The opening and naming of the longest covered bridge (600 ft, 4-span) in the US. Event will take place at the south end of the bridge, August 26 at 2:30 PM. See their website for more information. | Click here for a map to the bridge. |
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September 28 Dedication of the Mill Branch Covered Bridge |
The Covered Bridge (35-84-17) at the Barlow Fairgrounds, Washington, County, will be dedicated on Sept 28, 2008 at 1:00 PM. The annual Barlow Fair, which is the oldest fair in the state, will be taking place at the same time but you do not need to pay to enter the fair to attend the dedication of the bridge. | Click here for a map to the bridge. |
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November 9th Annual Meeting |
Meeting will be held November 9 at 1:30 PM in the Hilliard Public Library,
4772 Cemetery Road, Hilliard Ohio. Note change in meeting date! Topic: Covered Bridge Construction Techniques. Presented by Doug Kramer of Kramer and Associates, Eaton, Ohio. |
Click here for a map to the Hilliard Library |
| Past Schedule (2007) | ||
| 3rd Sunday in: | Description | Directions |
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March Winter Meeting |
Meeting will be held at 1:30 PM at the Hilliard Public Library,
4772 Cemetery Road, Hilliard Ohio. Notice: Miriam and David will have copies of their new book: Covered Bridges Ohio-Kentucky-West Virginia. Get yours and have it signed! |
Click here for a map to the Hilliard Library |
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May Spring Bridge Tour |
The spring tour will include the recent covered bridge construction sites in Union County and also visit historic bridges in Union and Logan Counties. The Union county CE is building two new Pratt Truss Covered bridges that should be near completion by the time of the tour. We will meet May 20th at the westbound US 33 rest area located just west of Bellefontaine at 10:00 AM |
Click here for a map to the tour meeting place. Click here to see the tour guide. |
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July Picnic |
The July 15th gathering is our annual picnic and meeting held at the Salt Creek Covered Bridge in Muskingum Co. Special event: This year we will have an invited speaker, Rudy Christian, the timber framer who helped with the Salt Creek rehabilitation. He will talk about how a covered bridge is fabricated, using the Salt Creek Bridge as an example. This should be a unique opportunity to learn more about the construction of covered bridges. Please bring your own table service and a covered-dish to share with the group. Also, we recommend that you bring a folding chair. |
Click here for a map to the Salt Creek Covered Bridge |
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August Fall Bridge Tour |
Note: the month of the Fall tour is changed from September to August for this occasion. The Fall Bridge tour will visit the HAER/ Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition about Covered Bridges at the Preble County Historical Society, August 19. Click SITES for more information about this exhibit. The exhibition will be open from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM so you may plan your arrival to fit your own schedule. There are other historical exhibits at the site to see so allow at least 2 hrs. Miriam Wood, David Simmons and Bill Miller will make a presentation in the Sunday Afternoon Lecture Series starting at 2:00 PM as part of this event. An optional morning bridge tour of four historic covered bridges and a beautiful 1867 stone bridge in Greene County will complement the exhibition for those wanting a full day of events. This tour will include a lunch stop and end at the Preble County Historical Society in time to attend the other events. The tour guide is available (right column) for preview.
The Greene County tour will start
9:00 AM at Young's Jersey Dairy, 6880 Springfield-Xenia Rd (US-68),
Springfield, Ohio. Meet under the big cow! (The dairy
opens for breakfast at 6:00 AM for those wishing to eat there before
the tour). We will tour 5
bridges and then drive together to the Preble County HS. |
Click here for a map to the: Preble County Historical Society, 7693 Swartsel Rd., Eaton, OH
Click here to see a printable tour guide for the Greene County morning tour.
Click here for a map to the Greene County tour starting point at: Young's Dairy, 6880 Springfield-Xenia Rd (US-68), Springfield, Ohio. |
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November Annual Meeting |
Our annual meeting will be held November 18th at 1:30 PM in the Hilliard Public Library, 4772 Cemetery Road, Hilliard Ohio. Topic: Covered Bridges of Miami County. The speaker will be Miami County Engineer, Doug Christian. who will present an illustrated history of Miami County covered bridges. Notice: Miriam and David will have copies of their new book: Covered Bridges Ohio-Kentucky-West Virginia. Buy yours and have it signed! |
Click here for a map to the Hilliard Library |
| Past Schedule (2006) | ||
| 3rd Sunday in: | Description | Directions |
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March |
Meeting at the Ohio Historical Center, 1982 Velma Ave, Columbus, OH. |
Click here for a map to the OHC |
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May |
Spring tour of eastern Licking and Knox County bridges. Meet at the Bob Evans restaurant 1001 Cherry Valley Rd (just off Route 16 west of Newark) at 10:00AM on May 21. |
Click here for a map to the tour meeting place. |
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July |
The July gathering is our annual picnic and is held at the Salt Creek Covered Bridge in Muskingum Co. Please bring your own table service and a covered-dish to share with the group. Also, we recommend that you bring a folding chair. |
Click here for a map to the Salt Creek Covered Bridge |
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September |
Fall Bridge Tour of Preble County. Meet at the McDonalds at 2373 Dayton-Germantown Pike. (SR 4 and SR 725) It is 1.5 miles NE of Germantown on Sept 17, 2006 at 10:00 AM. We will stop for lunch at Eaton. Pack a lunch or eat at the Preble County Pork Festival (free parking and admission) Details RIDESHARE: If you are from central Ohio and want to share a ride I will have room for 2 passengers. Contact Ron Also contact me if you can share a ride from another location (so we can save some gas and have some company). I will post your contact information here so people can email you to arrange a pick up point. |
Click here for a map to the fall tour start location. Click here to see the tour guide. |
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November |
Meeting is to be held at 1:30 PM at the Hilliard Public Library, 4772 Cemetery Road, Hilliard Ohio. Parking is free! Note: this is a new meeting location. Topic: "Flights of Fancy, Rogue Bridge Truss Patents of the 19th Century" by Jim Barker of Barker Engineering in Bloomington, IN. |
Click here for a map to the meeting location. |
| Notice: Parking at the OHC is free for those attending the meeting. Please indicate you are attending the meeting upon arrival and receive a parking exit token at the reception desk. Parking is also free if you are a member of the Ohio Historical Society. | ||