Mink Hollow Covered Bridge

Arney Run Park
2340 Meister Rd SW
Lancaster | Hocking Township | MAP

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1887 – Jacob R “Blue Jeans” Brandt

Multiple Kingpost Truss with a central X brace

54′ plus 7′ overhang at each end; 14′ width; 12′ height

Borcher’s Mill was also called Oil Mill because it converted flax seed into linseed oil. The oil often floated atop of waters of Arney Run. So the bridge has also been referred to as Oil Mill Hollow Bridge.

Charles Goslin, a Fairfield County historian, argued to have the name changed because the bridge is located, not in Mink Hollow, but about five miles away in Oil Mill Hollow. The official name was changed to Mink Hollow Bridge Over Arney Run in Oil Mill Hollow Near the Borcher’s Mill. It is the longest name of any bridge in the US.

A restoration was completed in 1996.