Hune Covered Bridge

Hune Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
A vehicle crossing the bridge
Location	State Route 26 in Lawrence Township, Washington County
Nearest city	Dart, Ohio
Coordinates	39°30′38″N 81°15′2″W / 39.51056°N 81.25056°WCoordinates: 39°30′38″N 81°15′2″W / 39.51056°N 81.25056°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1879
Architect	Rollin Meredith
Architectural style	Long Truss
NRHP Reference #	76001545[1]
Added to NRHP	October 8, 1976

The Hune Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located northeast of the community of Dart,^[1] it spans the Little Muskingum River in northeastern Lawrence Township in the eastern part of Washington County.^[2] Local bridge builder Rollin Meredith erected it in 1879,^[1] using the Long Truss style of truss bridge design; the single-span bridge was named for the locally prominent Hune family. Among its design features are a metal roof, abutments of cut stone, and vertical siding. As a Long Truss, the Hune Bridge is a valuable example of nineteenth-century architecture: few examples of this complicated style survive to the present day.^[3] In 1976, the Hune Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, both because of its place in local history and because of its historically significant construction.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, 72-73. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
3. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1394.