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Beasley Fork Road Bridge

Adams County, Ohio
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Photos 

Photo taken by Donald K. O'Brien in November 2006

Map 

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts 

Overview
Closed through truss bridge over Ohio Brush Creek on Beasley Fork Road (CR 1P)
Location
Adams County, Ohio
Status
Being replaced with a new truss bridge and presumably being demolished.
History
Built 1888; rehabilitated 1998: closed 2011; replaced 2013
Design
Pin-connected, 12-panel Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 195.9 ft.
Total length: 203.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.73864, -83.46963   (decimal degrees)
38°44'19" N, 83°28'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/285351/4290670 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Concord
Inventory numbers
ODOT 132012 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 27177 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2009)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 31.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1999)
1,500

Categories 

19th Century (3,820)
Adams County, Ohio (34)
Built 1888 (103)
Built during 1880s (1,045)
Doomed (803)
Lost 2013 (30)
Lost during 2010s (682)
NR-eligible (3,749)
Ohio (2,197)
One-lane traffic (7,111)
Owned by county (16,488)
 Pennsylvania truss (308)
Pin-connected (1,520)
Select (538)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,483)
Structurally deficient (16,677)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)
Truss (23,568)
Under construction (27)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • January 24, 2013: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated status
  • October 11, 2011: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
  • October 10, 2011: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Bridge has been closed.
  • July 4, 2010: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
  • May 31, 2010: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
  • April 1, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Mapped

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Beasley Fork Road Bridge
Posted January 24, 2013, by Bill Eichelberger (wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com)

http://www.peoplesdefender.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=83&ArticleID=136418

Beasley Fork Road Bridge
Posted July 6, 2010, by Bill Eichelberger (wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Very impressive old bridge, but one gets the sense that it will be gone in the very near future. Adams County seems to have little use for bypassing old warriors like this one.

Beasley Fork Road Bridge
Posted January 22, 2007, by Donald K. O'Brien (dok97 [at] verizon [dot] com)

October 2006.

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