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Overview: Movable through truss bridge over Ashtabula River on West Fifth Street (OH 531) in Ashtabula
Location: Ashtabula County, Ohio
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1925 by the Fort Pitt Bridge Works; rehabilitated 1986
Builders: - Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Thomas E. Brown (Patent Engineer)
Design: Pratt through truss "Brown" type bascule
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 160.1 ft.
Total length: 223.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.1 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 23, 1985
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.90000, -80.79833 (decimal degrees)
41°53'60" N, 80°47'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/516727/4638693 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Ashtabula North
Inventory numbers: ODOT 406635 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
NRHP 85001801 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 27231 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2011): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 58.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009): 7,020

May 8, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: Not associated with Strauss... this is a rare Brown type bascule.
November 16, 2010: New photos from Eric Root