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Ashtabula Viaduct

Ashtabula County, Ohio

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #151842

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost concrete arch bridge over Ashtabula River on US 20 in Ashtabula
Location
Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1926-27, rehabilitated 1998, replaced 2000
Builder
- Standish Engineering Co.
Design
8-span open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 121.1 ft.
Total length: 1,230.0 ft.
Deck width: 32.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.87167, -80.78000   (decimal degrees)
41°52'18" N, 80°46'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/518256/4635551 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ashtabula South
Inventory numbers
ODOT 402192 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 27232 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (11,472)
Ashtabula County, Ohio (101)
Ashtabula River (20)
Ashtabula, Ohio (14)
Built 1927 (808)
Built during 1920s (9,433)
Deck arch (10,722)
Formerly NR-eligible (409)
Lost (21,662)
Lost 2000 (381)
 Lost during 2000s (3,946)
Ohio (3,101)
Open-spandrel arch (706)
Owned by county (19,895)
Replaced by new bridge (14,359)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,208)
Standish Engineering Co. (1)
Structurally deficient (16,406)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,730)
US 20 (76)

Update Log 

  • September 3, 2017: New photo from Hope
  • January 3, 2010: New photos from Bill Eichelberger

Sources 

  • Bill Eichelberger
  • Jacob P. Bernard
  • Hope - hopemoore [at] gmail [dot] com
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Ashtabula Viaduct
Posted January 16, 2017, by Ed Hollowell (erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com)

Good movie railing...if it was still there!

Ashtabula Viaduct
Posted January 15, 2017, by Anonymous

Good Movie Railing........