Blackburn / Wesner Bridge
This covered bridge once spanned Brannon's Fork near Young Hickory in Muskingum County. The bridge was dismantled in the 1960's because land surrounding it was to be strip mined.
Arthur Wesner purchased the bridge in 1967 and reassembled it on his land along Big Run in Franklin Township. He donated the bridge to Metro Parks in 1998. The 56 foot-long bridge has been 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.
Courtesy hmdb.org
