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Odessa Bridge
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Appoquinnimink River Bridge
Fixed in place
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
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BH Photo #301265
Description
The Odessa Bridge is a steel plate girder, bobtail swing bridge that rotates on a center bearing, appropriate to a relatively short light span. The bobtailed swing form is relatively unusual, and the Odessa Bridge is one of two remaining historic bobtail bridges in the state. The Odessa Bridge replaced an earlier, cable-stayed metal truss swing bridge. The Odessa Bridge exemplifies the continuing expansion and improvement of the road network under the auspices of the New Castle County Engineer's Office prior to the Delaware Department of Transportation assumption of responsibility for construction and maintenance of all local and state roads in 1935.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge over Appoquinnimink River on Delaware State Route 299 Main Street Road
- Location
- Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1929; Replaced 1991
- Design
- Deck plate girder swing
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.45296, -75.65514 (decimal degrees)
39°27'11" N, 75°39'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/443633/4367248 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Middletown
- Inventory number
- BH 63592 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 29, 2014: HAER photos posted by Dave King
- October 12, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler
Sources
- Douglas Butler
- HAER DE-28 - Odessa Bridge, Spanning Appoquinimink River at Main Street (State Road No. 299), Odessa, New Castle County, DE