Rinard Covered Bridge

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Rinard Covered Bridge

| nrhp_type =

| image =Restored Rinard Covered Bridge circa 2010.jpg

| caption = Restored bridge c.2010

| nearest_city = Marietta, Ohio

| coordinates = {{coord|39|32|13|N|81|13|21|W|name=Rinard Covered Bridge|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Ohio#USA

| built = 1876

| builder = Smith Bridge Company

| architect = H. H. Townsend

| architecture = Smith truss

| added = October 8, 1976

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 76001546{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

}}

The Rinard Covered Bridge, near Marietta, Ohio, was built in 1876. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

It is a Smith truss bridge built by the Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio and is a work of H. H. Townsend. It has also been known as Hendershott's Ford Bridge.

It is located northeast of Wingett Run on County Road 406 in Ludlow Township, Washington County, Ohio.

It spans the Little Muskingum River. The bridge was destroyed by a flash flood on September 18, 2004 and was rebuilt in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://bridgehunter.com/oh/washington/rinard/ |title=Rinard Covered Bridge 35-84-28 |publisher=Bridgehunter}}

It is covered in the Ohio Historic Places Dictionary.{{Cite book |url={{Google books|YfvhVln0D20C|pg=PA1472|plainurl=yes}} |title=Ohio Historic Places Dictionary |volume=2 |date=1999 |publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc. |editor=Lorrie K. Owen |access-date=September 7, 2018 |page=1472}}