This covered bridge once spanned Brannon's Fork near Young Hickory in Muskingum County. It was dismantled in the 1960's because the surrounding land was to be strip mined. Arthur Wesner purchased it in 1967 and reassembled it on his land along Big Run in Franklin Township. He donated it to Metro Parks in 1998. The 56 foot-long bridge was restored and reassembled by the Parks construction crew. Originally known as the Blackburn Bridge, it cost $6.75 per foot to build in 1885. Ohio had more than 3,000 covered bridges in the 1880's and early 1900's.