[1] Located off State Route 555 in far northern Decatur Township, Washington County,[2] the bridge was built in 1878 in the Long truss mode of truss bridge construction.

[4]: 1398 Constructed with weatherboarded walls on stone abutments and equipped with a metal roof and elements of iron and steel,[5] the Root Bridge was named for the nearby community of Root Town, which has since become a ghost town.

[6] It is believed that the Meredith family heavily favored the style, because they were responsible for building both of those bridges.

Besides the importance of the Meredith family, this concentration is also likely due to the presence of one of the designer's agents in the region, who also functioned as a general contractor for bridge construction in southern Ohio.

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