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Lima-Metcalf Street Bridge

Allen County, Ohio

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Lima-Metcalf Street Through Truss

Photo taken by Brian McKee Oct 29, 2011

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BH Photo #218990

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over N&W Railroad on Lima-Metcalf Street
Location
Allen County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1923; rehabilitated 1989
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Baltimore through truss
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.71778, -84.11419   (decimal degrees)
40°43'04" N, 84°06'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/743749/4511435 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lima
Inventory numbers
ODOT 260487 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 27207 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Allen County, Ohio (52)
American Bridge Co. (1,324)
Baltimore through truss (290)
Baltimore truss (319)
Built 1923 (568)
Built during 1920s (9,258)
NR-eligible (3,989)
 Ohio (3,008)
Open (37,870)
Owned by county (19,434)
Select (529)
Through truss (13,555)
Truss (30,497)

Update Log 

  • November 19, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • June 5, 2013: Updated by J.P.: added builder
  • October 29, 2011: New photos from Brian McKee

Sources 

  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
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Lima-Metcalf Street Bridge
Posted October 31, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Based on these photos, this beautiful truss bridge appears to have been repainted since I visited it over five years ago.

http://www.historicbridges.org/ohio/metcalf/index.htm