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Polk Road - Wilson Creek Bowstring Bridge

Clinton County, Ohio

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Polk Road - Wilson Creek Bowstring Bridge

Wilmington News-Journal: March 4 1955

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BH Photo #448685

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Bowstring pony truss bridge over Wilson Creek on Polk Road
Location
Sabina, Clinton County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by a new bridge in 1955
Builders
- Ohio Bridge Co. of Cleveland
- William Rezner
Design
Bowstring pony truss
Dimensions
Total length: 52.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.49376, -83.64578   (decimal degrees)
39°29'38" N, 83°38'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/272482/4374914 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 85251 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,568)
Bowstring pony truss (274)
Bowstring truss (543)
Built during 1870s (1,110)
Clinton County, Ohio (14)
Lost (24,735)
Lost 1955 (87)
Lost during 1950s (676)
Ohio (3,401)
 Ohio Bridge Co. of Cleveland (17)
Owned by county (20,783)
Pony truss (16,184)
Replaced by new bridge (16,578)
Sabina, Ohio (2)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,299)
Truss (32,786)
William Rezner (13)

Update Log 

  • June 12, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Fixed typos
  • May 27, 2019: Updated by Art Suckewer: Added builder and size.
  • May 27, 2019: Added by Melissa Brand-Welch

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Sources 

  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Polk Road - Wilson Creek Bowstring Bridge
Posted May 27, 2019, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

I was excited to find it !

Polk Road - Wilson Creek Bowstring Bridge
Posted May 27, 2019, by Art S. (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Ooh...a Rezner :^)

Nice find!