Zacke Cox Covered Bridge

Built in 1908 by Joseph A. Britton, the same year and by the same builder as the nearby Harry Evans Covered Bridge, the Zacke Cox Covered Bridge crosses Rock Run, historically called Iron Run, at Bradfield Station about three miles north of Coxville. It takes its name from Zachariah M. Cox, born in 1857, whose family owned nearly a thousand acres of land in the area. Like its sister bridge downstream, it features a distinctive shallow, semi-arched "Hendricks-style" portal rather than Britton's more common design. The Rock Run valley near the bridge gained a measure of scientific fame in 1956 when paleontologist Dr. Rainer Zangerl discovered a twelve-foot fossil shark, the first known specimen of Orodus greggi, in the creek bed nearby. The bridge has been well maintained over the decades, with roof and deck repairs in 1989 and 1991 and a further restoration in 2002. It continues to carry vehicle traffic on Tickridge Road today. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978, as part of the county's Multiple Property Submission, the Zacke Cox Covered Bridge remains an active rural crossing in one of the county's quieter corners.