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Bay Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Vinton County, Ohio

NEAR MCARTHUR IN JUNIOR FAIRGROUNDS; 1 SPAN, 63', 1876 DOUBLE MKING OVER A POND
NEAR MCARTHUR IN JUNIOR FAIRGROUNDS; 1 SPAN, 63', 1876 DOUBLE MKING OVER A POND · Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Bay Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Vinton County, Ohio. Ohio has 147 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 5 of them in Vinton County.

It was built in 1876, in the late 19th century, making it the 35th oldest of the 75 in Ohio with a recorded construction date; it is about 63 feet long (30th longest of 40 measured in Ohio).

Status check, 2026-11: Also called Tinker Bridge; it was moved from Little Raccoon Creek to the Vinton County Junior Fairgrounds near McArthur in 1967 and is now a pedestrian bridge. It stands at 39.2697° N, 82.4746° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1876
Length63 ft
Coordinates39.26968, -82.47455

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Questions

Where is Bay Covered Bridge?

Bay Covered Bridge is in Vinton County, Ohio, at 39.2697, -82.4746.

How many covered bridges are in Vinton County?

Vinton County, Ohio has 5 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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