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Wheeling Creek Bridge

Belmont County, Ohio

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wheeling Creek on Crescent Road
Location
Crescent, Belmont County, Ohio
Status
No longer exists
Builder
- Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.12092, -80.86269   (decimal degrees)
40°07'15" N, 80°51'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/511700/4441187 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lansing
Inventory number
BH 72471 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Belmont County, Ohio (44)
Columbia Bridge Works (38)
Crescent, Ohio (1)
Lost (19,813)
Ohio (2,973)
Pratt through truss (4,708)
Pratt truss (8,187)
Through truss (13,190)
Truss (29,898)

Update Log 

  • June 11, 2016: New photo from GS
  • June 10, 2016: Added by ArtS
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Wheeling Creek Bridge
Posted June 10, 2016, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Note the portal bracing. Its different than any CBW bracing design I've seen. My guess it that it comes after the 'bubbles' style of 1880 - 1882. That would put the build date in the 1882 - 1884 range.

Regards,

Art S.