Roberts Covered Bridge

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Roberts Covered Bridge | nrhp_type = |image=Roberts Covered Bridge, eastern end.jpg | caption = Eastern end | nearest_city= Eaton, Ohio | coordinates = | locmapin = | built = 1829 | builder = Roberts, Orlistus; Campbell, Joseph | architecture = Burr Arch & Truss | added = September 3, 1971 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 71000651<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref> }} {{GeoGroup}} 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.<ref name=nris/>

The bridge was built in 1829 by (and named for) Orlistus Roberts, originally crossing Sevenmile Creek about {{convert|2.5|miles}} south of Eaton at {{coord|39|42|41|N|84|37|15|W|source:NRIS2013a|name=Roberts Covered Bridge (original location)}}.<ref name=OHPD>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YfvhVln0D20C&pg=GBS.PA419.w.1.2.0.1 |title=Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2 |date=1999 |publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc.|editor=Lorrie K. Owen | accessdate=September 8, 2018 |page=1178|isbn=9781878592705 }}</ref> It was restored in 1962, and further repairs were made in 1974. After being vandalized and heavily damaged by a fire in 1986,<ref name=nris /><ref name=PCHS>[http://www.pchs.preblecounty.com/bridges.html Preble County Covered Bridges], Preble County Historical Society, 2008. Accessed 2009-04-27.</ref> it was restored and moved to a city park in Eaton in 1990, still crossing Sevenmile Creek at {{coord|39.740437|N|84.638759|W|source:Doncram|name=Roberts Covered Bridge (current location)}}.<ref name=PCHS /><ref>DeLorme. ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 64. {{ISBN|0-89933-281-1}}.</ref>

It is claimed to be 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.<ref>[http://www.destinationpreble.com/covered-bridges/brubaker-bridge/ Roberts Bridge Covered Bridge]</ref> Its current location is about {{convert|150|ft|m}} north of the St. Clair Street Bridge, also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is closed to traffic.<ref name=PCHS />

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Category:Covered bridges in Ohio Category:National Register of Historic Places in Preble County, Ohio Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1829