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Bowman Mill Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Perry County, Ohio

View from the southeast of the Bowman Mill Covered Bridge, located on the Perry County Fairgrounds at the junction of Broadway (State Route 37) and Thorn Street
View from the southeast of the Bowman Mill Covered Bridge, located on the Perry County Fairgrounds at the junction of Broadway (State Route 37) and Thorn Street · Nyttend / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Bowman Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Perry County, Ohio. Ohio has 147 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 4 of them in Perry County.

It is about 82 feet long (22nd longest of 40 measured in Ohio).

Status check, 2026-11: Moved in 1987 from Winegardner Rd to the Perry County Fairgrounds, where it now sits over dry land for foot traffic only; build year given as 1859 or 1880, so left null. Bowman Mill Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 39.7208° N, 82.2242° W.

Key facts

Length82 ft
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates39.72083, -82.22425

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Questions

Where is Bowman Mill Covered Bridge?

Bowman Mill Covered Bridge is in Perry County, Ohio, at 39.7208, -82.2242.

How many covered bridges are in Perry County?

Perry County, Ohio has 4 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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