# Shinn Covered Bridge

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The **Shinn Covered Bridge** is a historic wooden [covered bridge](/source/Covered_bridge) in the southeastern part of the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Ohio](/source/Ohio). Located in the countryside northeast of [Bartlett](/source/Bartlett,_Ohio) in [Washington County](/source/Washington_County,_Ohio),[1] this single-span [truss bridge](/source/Truss_bridge) was built in 1886 by local [carpenter](/source/Carpentry) Charles T. Shinn.[2] Built of [weatherboarded](/source/Weatherboarding) walls with stone [abutments](/source/Abutment) and a metal roof,[3] the bridge features vertical siding, and its [portals](/source/Portal_(architecture)) have remained vertical and resisted [creeping](/source/Creep_(deformation)) into another shape. The heart of the bridge's structure employs the [Burr Truss](/source/Burr_Truss) design, which mixes the [king post truss](/source/King_post) with a wooden arch designed by [Andrea Palladio](/source/Andrea_Palladio) in the sixteenth century. Shinn built his bridge to span the western branch of [Wolf Creek](/source/Wolf_Creek_(Muskingum_River)) in [Palmer Township](/source/Palmer_Township,_Washington_County,_Ohio).[2] Measuring 98 feet (30 m) in length, the bridge was constructed soon after the drowning of one of Shinn's children.[4]

In 1976, the Shinn Bridge was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places).[1] It qualified for inclusion on the Register because of its important historic architecture and its place in the [history of Ohio](/source/History_of_Ohio),[3] for it is one of the last few examples of Burr king post arch truss bridges still standing in the state.[4]

## References

1. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. *Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places*. Vol. 2. [St. Clair Shores](/source/St._Clair_Shores,_Michigan): Somerset, 1999, 1399.

1. , [Ohio Historical Society](/source/Ohio_Historical_Society), 2007. Accessed 2011-03-11.

1. Moore, Elma Lee. *Ohio's Covered Bridges*. [Charleston](/source/Charleston,_South_Carolina): Arcadia, 2010, 116.

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