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Overview Photos taken 2004 by Gregory S. Hamilton |
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Deck view |
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Portal These photos from the Historic American Engineering Record show the bridge when it was still in use at its original location [Photos taken July 1986 by Louise Taft Cawood] |
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Side view |
Facts
- Overview
- Wrought-iron through truss bridge relocated to the Ohio University-Lancaster campus
- Location
- Fairfield County, Ohio
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- Future prospects
- Preserved
- History
- Originally built ca. 1884 by the Hocking Valley Bridge Works over Poplar Creek on Havenport Road near Carroll.
- Builder
- - Hocking Valley Bridge Works
- Design
- Wrought-iron, pin-connected, inverted bowstring through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 104.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 1978
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.82931, -82.67414 (decimal degrees)
39°49'46" N, 82°40'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/356737/4410152 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Carroll
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 78002060 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 27540 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Gregory S. Hamilton - g40ham [at] aol [dot] com
- HAER OH-44 - John Bright No. 1 Iron Bridge