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Big Walnut Iron Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bowstring pony truss bridge over Big Walnut Creek, likely on Hartford Road
- Location
- Sunbury, Delaware County, Ohio
- Status
- No longer exists
- Builder
- - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio (Possible Fabricator)
- Design
- Bowstring pony truss with 2+ spans
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.24672, -82.84948 (decimal degrees)
40°14'48" N, 82°50'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/342693/4456781 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 95557 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 25, 2021: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added possible builder per Art S.
- December 23, 2021: Added by Paul Plassman
Comments
Big Walnut Iron Bridge
Very cool to see old piers reused on a modern bridge, don't see that on road bridges every day
Big Walnut Iron Bridge
Paul,
Two comments:
1. The bowstring looks like a King to me.
2. Nice find on the pier!
Regards,
Art S.
Big Walnut Iron Bridge
Find of the day!
This could be either Hartford Road or OH-37, but I lean toward Hartford because the stone pier appears to be very similar to the one that supports the current bridge, which was built in 1983.
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Art,
I added King as a possible fabricator based on your guess. I am almost certain Hartford Road is the site based on the pier and on the visible topography, which seems to match Hartford better than OH-37. Would be interesting to figure out if this bridge actually lasted until 1983...the aerials are pretty cloudy but it seems like the bridge there pre-1983 was wider than a one-lane bowstring would have been.