Blackwood Covered Bridge

Blackwood Covered Bridge spans the Shade River in southern Lodi Township, Athens County, Ohio, about 10 miles southeast of Athens on Blackwood Road. Built in 1881, it is a single-span King post truss bridge named for the Blackwood family, which once owned much of the surrounding township. Its vertical high-boarded siding, metal roof, projected portals, and cut-stone abutments reflect the practical design of late 19th-century covered bridges in rural Ohio. Its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 recognized it as a surviving example of the region’s historic bridge building.

Tuppers Plains, Ohio · United States