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lookng west from Dwight Ave.

Photo taken by Russell Blackburn in June 2012

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Overview
Bridge over Norfolk Southern on Topper Ave
Location
Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio
Status
Closed
Future prospects
I remember riding my bike over this bridge a lot until I got old enough to drive and it was closed to automobile traffic about then and that was in the mid to late 1980s
History
closed to automobile traffic after a person was killed by a car while walking over bridge.
Design
Timber stringer
Also called
Topper Ave bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.86193, -80.77752   (decimal degrees)
41°51'43" N, 80°46'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/518464/4634470 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Ashtabula South
Inventory number
BH 52606 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Ashtabula County, Ohio (75)
Ashtabula,Ohio (2)
Beam (6,049)
Closed (2,073)
Ohio (2,197)
Owned by city (3,052)
Timber stringer (1,859)

Update Log 

  • June 2, 2012: Added by Russell Blackburn

Sources 

  • Russell Blackburn