Greene County Fall Bridge Tour
August 19, 2007
Ron Jones, Tour Director
Janis Ford, guide
Lead Vehicle Cell phone
Meet at Young's Jersey Dairy,
6880 Springfield-Xenia Rd
(US-68), Springfield,
Ohio at 9:00 AM under the big
cow!
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Exit left onto
US68 South
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Left on OH-343
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Right on OH-72
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Right onto
US42
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Right onto Tarbox-Cemetery Rd & park in the rest area. (This is
the first highway rest area in the state of Ohio.)
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Take short
walk to viewing area for:
1. Tarbox Cemetery
Road Stone
Bridge. This is
a 3 span 70 ft stone arch built over Massies Creek in
1867.
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Return to
US-42 & continue south (right)
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Right on Charleton Mill Rd
to view the Charleton Mill Rd
covered bridge. Drive through the bridge (1 car at a time) and park on the other side.
2. The Charleton Mill
Covered Bridge (35-29-16)
crosses Massies Creek. It was built in 1883 by Henry Hebble using Howe trusses and has a length of 128 ft.
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Right at T on Wilberforce Clifton Rd
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Left on Clark Run Rd
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Left on Stevenson Rd
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At 2031
Stevenson Rd, on your right, observe the old metal
Pratt pony bridge on private drive over Massies
Creek.
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Continue short
distance to the Stevenson Rd
covered bridge. Park behind the lead car
as close together as possible.
3. Stevenson
Road Covered
Bridge (35-29-15) Also known as Whiteman’s
Bridge. Spans Massies
Creek. Built in 1877 by the Smith Bridge Company with
Smith double trusses. It’s 99 ft long and closed to traffic.
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Right at CB to
continue South on Stevenson Rd
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Left on Brush Row Rd
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Jog left at
US42 to pick up Wilberforce Switch
Rd
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Right at T on Nash Rd
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Bear left on
Old US-35 (not an acute left on Federal
Rd)
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Right on N
Ballard Rd to see the Ballard
Road Covered
bridge.
Drive through bridge (1
car at time) to park on the other side.
4. Ballard
Road Covered
bridge (35-29-18) Crosses North Branch of Caesar
Creek. Built by Brown and Hebble in 1883 using Howe trusses. Length is 80 ft.
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Return to Old
US-35 and turn right.
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Right on S New
Jasper Station Rd
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Jog left at Jasper Rd to pick
up Paintersville
New Jasper Rd
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Right on Waynesville Jamestown Rd
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Cross US-68
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Left on Henville Rd
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Left at T on E Spring Valley Paintersville
Rd
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Right on Engle Mill Rd to
view Engle Mill Rd
covered bridge. Park on the near end of
the bridge in the parking area.
5. Engle Mill Rd
Covered Bridge (35-29-03) Spans Anderson’s Fork. Built
in 1887 by the Smith Bridge Co. using Smith Trusses. It is 148 ft long
and closed to traffic.
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Return the way
we came on Engle Mill Rd
& turn left at T on E Spring
Valley Paintersville Rd
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Left on US 42
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Right on
OH-725 & follow it to the junction with OH-675.
6. Stop for lunch at the mall. Eat at Schlotzsky’s or one of the other places nearby.
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At the
specified time (45 min) return to OH-725 & continue to follow it through Miamisburg and Germantown
to Gratis.
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Entering
Gratis, go right onto Franklin St
at Y as OH-725 goes left
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Franklin St becomes OH-122
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Left on Swartsel Rd
to arrive at the:
7. Preble
County Historical
Society.
End
of tour
Optional self guided mini-tour of three nearby bridges
for the drive home.
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Exit on Swartsel Rd
to OH-122 & go Right (back toward Gratis)
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In about a mile,
turn right toward Fair View cemetery on Brubaker Rd
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Follow Brubaker Rd to:
8. The Brubaker
Covered Bridge, an 85 ft Childs Truss typical of many CBs in Preble County.
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Continue thru
the bridge & turn right at T onto Aukerman Creek Rd
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Right at T onto Sharpsburg Rd
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Right on Ketterman Rd
to a historic metal bridge built ca.1900
9. Pratt riveted pony.
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Continue over
bridge and take left onto OH-122
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Quick right onto
Ray Rd
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Jog right at OH-503
onto Fudge Rd
to a 1913 historic metal bridge:
10. "Crybaby
Bridge" a Pratt
pinned pony.
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Continue over
bridge and take right at T onto Enterprise
Rd.
- Left on OH-503 will take you back to Gratis or
- Right on OH-503 will take you to I-70.