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Mill Creek Road Bridge

Ashtabula County, Ohio
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Photo taken by Janis Ford

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Coffee Creek on the Greenway Recreational Trail
Location
Ashtabula County, Ohio
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Originallly built 1897 by the King Bridge Co. over Mill Creek on Mill Creek Road (TH 197); later relocated
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 102.0 ft.
Total length: 102.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.78180, -80.84741   (decimal degrees)
41°46'54" N, 80°50'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/512680/4625561 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Dorset
Inventory numbers
ODOT 431737 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 27258 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
6-panel truss (405)
Ashtabula County, Ohio (75)
Built 1897 (130)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Greenway Trail (1)
King Bridge Co. (161)
NR-eligible (3,751)
Ohio (2,197)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Owned by county (16,492)
 Pin-connected (1,521)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Rail-to-trail (495)
Railroad (4,081)
Relocated (365)
Reserve (27)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,300)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,634)
Truss (23,575)

Update Log 

  • July 1, 2012: New photo from Russell Blackburn
  • December 10, 2011: Updated by J.P.: updated location

Sources 

  • Janis Ford
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Russell Blackburn
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Mill Creek Road Bridge
Posted November 28, 2009, by Todd (mrwalk08 [at] aol [dot] com)

Hey, folks in Tennessee, THIS is a great example of saving a truss. This bridge is in my native state of Ohio.