---
id: "2321"
name: Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
distance: "44"
duration: About 4 hours
description: Winding through the forested hillsides of the Little Muskingum River valley, this byway includes four historic covered bridges, as well as quaint churches, general stores and villages, and the Graysville Jail.
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organization:
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/wayne/recarea?recid=6216
    name: Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
attractions:
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wayne
    name: Wayne National Forest
designations:
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
states:
  - OH
ll:
  - -81.44509899999991
  - 39.41486000000009
bounds:
  - - -81.44509899999991
    - 39.41486000000009
  - - -81.11485299999993
    - 39.76236000000006
books: "978-1426219054"

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Nothing could be more romantic than meandering through the countryside on Covered Bridge Scenic Byway. Forested hills alternating with open pastures create an aura of the 19th Century that will seem real when you pass underneath one of the four covered bridges along the byway. During the horse and buggy times of the 1800s when these covered bridges were novel and pristine, the defiant youth referred to them as "kissing bridges." But the proper term was "wishing bridges," and it was tradition to hold your breath and make a wish as you passed through.