The Christman Covered Bridge is a historic

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that carries Eaton-New Hope Road over Seven Mile Creek in Washington Township,

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, northwest of the city of

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. It was built in 1895 by

Everett S. Sherman Everett S. Sherman (1831-1897) was a covered bridge builder in Ohio. He lived and built bridges in Delaware County then moved to Preble County after a storm destroyed many of its bridges. He revived a technology of Childs truss bridges, of wh ...

, who built at least 20 covered bridges in Preble County. It was listed on the

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in 1976. The Christman Bridge was built at a total cost of approximately $4,250: $2,452 for stone from the Eaton Stone Company, $1,301 for Sherman, and $499 for masonry work by Harry C. Foster. Rehabilitation work undertaken from 2007 to 2008 cost $331,093.75. Christman Covered Bridge was the penultimate bridge built by Sherman; only the Warnke Covered Bridge was built later. It was named for a Solomon Christman who owned the land around the bridge and operated a sawmill downstream. Trace remnants of the mill are visible near the road west of the bridge. The bridge is open to traffic.

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