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==Arts and culture== [[File:ARLINGTON BLVD COVERED BRIDGE, TRUMBULL COUNTY.jpg|thumb|[[Newton Falls Covered Bridge]]]] Newton Falls is home to the early 19th-century [[Newton Falls Covered Bridge|Newton Falls]] [[covered bridge]], which was constructed over the [[Mahoning River]] in 1831. A walkway was added to the side of the bridge in 1921–1922. In 1985 the bridge was repaired after being damaged by the [[1985 United States β Canadian tornado outbreak#United States|Niles/Wheatland tornado]].<ref>"[http://www.newtonfalls.org/community/showorg.php?category=Tourist_Info&name=CoveredBridge Covered Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719172431/http://www.newtonfalls.org/community/showorg.php?category=Tourist_Info&name=CoveredBridge |date=July 19, 2011 }}". ''Newton Falls Public Library''. Retrieved November 9, 2009.</ref> In December 2007 the bridge was reopened after a two-year restoration funded by government grants. In July 2009 a delivery truck damaged the bridge and rendered it out of service until repairs could be made. It reopened in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Runyan |title=Covered bridge to stay closed for $57K repairs |url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2009/oct/22/covered-bridge-to-stay-closed-for-57k-repairs/ |work=[[The Vindicator]] |date=October 22, 2009 |access-date=November 9, 2009 }}</ref> The Newton Falls bridge is considered the second oldest existing covered bridge in Ohio, the oldest covered bridge in use on its original site, the only covered bridge in the state with a covered crosswalk, and the last surviving covered bridge in Trumbull County. Built on the Town Lattice truss plan, the bridge is 123 feet long and twenty-four feet wide. It has a clear span of 101 1/2 feet and a sixteen-foot-wide roadway.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=73215|title=Newton Falls Covered Bridge Historical Marker|website=www.hmdb.org}}</ref>
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