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Third Street Bridge

Allen County, Ohio, and Van Wert County, Ohio

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Third Street Bridge

Removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #291340

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Double-intersection Warren pony truss lift bridge over Miami & Erie Canal on 3rd Street
Location
Delphos, Allen County, Ohio, and Van Wert County, Ohio
Status
No longer exists
Builder
- Massillon Bridge Co. of Massillon, Ohio
Design
Double-intersection Warren pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.84505, -84.34041   (decimal degrees)
40°50'42" N, 84°20'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/724210/4524961 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Delphos
Inventory number
BH 62525 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,566)
Allen County, Ohio (55)
Built 1897 (266)
Built during 1890s (2,984)
Delphos, Ohio (5)
Double-intersection Warren pony truss (202)
Double-intersection Warren truss (456)
Lost (24,730)
Lost 1930 (78)
Lost during 1930s (621)
 Massillon Bridge Co. (141)
Miami & Erie Canal (13)
Movable (2,969)
Ohio (3,398)
Owned by city (5,399)
Pony truss (16,184)
Truss (32,782)
Van Wert County, Ohio (34)
Vertical lift (420)

Update Log 

  • December 25, 2020: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: Corrected map location
  • January 29, 2015: Updated by Luke: Merged photograph posted by Rick Barnes VanLandingham III
  • September 1, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added builder
  • August 16, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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Third Street Bridge
Posted January 29, 2015, by Rick Barnes VanLandingham III (shootingsurvivor [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Here is a photo of the former 3rd Street vertical lift bridge over the M&E Canal.