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High Level Bridge

Ashtabula County, Ohio

Photos 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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BH Photo #357505

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Street View 

Description 

Originally built by the New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad, it later became a road bridge, and in 1907 or so, the interurban started to also use the bridge.

Facts 

Overview
Pratt deck truss bridge over Conneaut Creek on Road and Conneaut & Erie Traction Co.
Location
Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Replaced 1909
Railroads
- Conneaut & Erie Traction Co. (C&ET)
- Interurban
- New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad (NKP)
Design
Pratt deck truss
Dimensions
Total length: 2,128.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.94372, -80.55073   (decimal degrees)
41°56'37" N, 80°33'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/537239/4643625 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Conneaut
Inventory number
BH 62987 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Ashtabula County, Ohio (102)
Conneaut & Erie Traction Co. (1)
Conneaut Creek (10)
Conneaut, Ohio (17)
Deck truss (1,733)
Have street view (26,956)
Interurban (911)
Lost (24,769)
Lost 1909 (24)
Lost during 1900s (315)
New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad (108)
 Ohio (3,410)
Pratt deck truss (357)
Pratt truss (9,307)
Rail-and-Road (377)
Rail-to-road (343)
Railroad (15,438)
Replaced by new bridge (16,603)
Tall Bridges (324)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,886)
Truss (32,814)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • March 5, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • September 14, 2014: New Street View added by Luke

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