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Higginsport Bridge
Photos
From Higginsport side of creek
Road appears to be used only by campers. The bridge itself seems to be solid enough for light-duty use, but something would need to be done quickly.
Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger in April 2010
BH Photo #162113
Description
This bridge contains a a-frame lattice portal bracing with a cast iron decorative detail at the base of the a-frame. This is a detail associated with the Smith Bridge Company, and this bridge is thus associated with that company.Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned Whipple Truss bridge over White Oak Creek on Big Run Rd.
- Location
- Higginsport, Brown County, Ohio
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Built ca.1885
- Builder
- - Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
- Design
- Pinned Whipple through truss, likely wrought iron
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 176.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.79353, -83.95359 (decimal degrees)
38°47'37" N, 83°57'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/243476/4298008 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Higginsport
- Inventory numbers
- 08XXXX3
BH 44835 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 31, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- June 5, 2016: New photos from Mike Mullins
- April 24, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added builder, dimensions, corrected date.
- April 24, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated description
- April 11, 2010: Added by Bill Eichelberger
Sources
- Bill Eichelberger
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
- Mike Mullins
Comments
Higginsport Bridge
so cool! built in 1885? thanks for posting!
Higginsport Bridge
I rode across this bridge with my parents in the 1970's. That's hard to imagine looking at it now, but it was open for a long time after it was bypassed. Not sure when it closed, late 70's or early 80's. The last posted limit on it was 3 tons. Wish some benefactor could come along for it like the Loughery Creek Triple Whipple in Indiana.
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Me and a few friends have been there and looked around and it was very cool. Believe it or not we even jumped off of it . We jumped from the top part and it was scary. I have a friend named Nixon and he is about 350 pounds and he even jumped from the very top part.