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5-636: The Roberts Covered Bridge is a Burr Truss covered bridge in Preble County, Ohio near Eaton . It was built in 1829, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The bridge was built in 1829 by (and named for) Orlistus Roberts, originally crossing Sevenmile Creek about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Eaton at 39°42′41″N 84°37′15″W / 39.71139°N 84.62083°W / 39.71139; -84.62083 ( Roberts Covered Bridge (original location) ) . It
10-411: The National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Burr Truss The Burr Arch Truss —or, simply, Burr Truss or Burr Arch —is a combination of an arch and a multiple kingpost truss design. It was invented in 1804 by Theodore Burr , patented on April 3, 1817, and used in bridges , usually covered bridges . The design principle behind
15-449: The Burr arch truss is that the arch should be capable of bearing the entire load on the bridge while the truss keeps the bridge rigid. Even though the kingpost truss alone is capable of bearing a load, this was done because it is impossible to evenly balance a dynamic load crossing the bridge between the two parts. The opposite view is also held, based on computer models, that the truss performs
20-623: The oldest covered bridge in Ohio, the second oldest covered bridge in the United States, and the oldest of the six remaining "double-barreled" covered bridges in the United States. Its current location is about 150 feet (46 m) north of the St. Clair Street Bridge , also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is closed to traffic. This article about a property in Preble County, Ohio on
25-461: Was restored in 1962, and further repairs were made in 1974. After being vandalized and heavily damaged by a fire in 1986, it was restored and moved to a city park in Eaton in 1990, still crossing Sevenmile Creek at 39°44′26″N 84°38′20″W / 39.740437°N 84.638759°W / 39.740437; -84.638759 ( Roberts Covered Bridge (current location) ) . It is claimed to be
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