Rating:
2 votes

Main Street Bridge (Old)

Franklin County, Ohio

Photos 

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed

BH Photo #161518

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over Scioto River on West Main Street
Location
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
One of two original open spandrel bridges crossing the Scioto River in downtown Columbus
Builders
- Edward A Ramsey (Designer)
- General Asphalt Paving Co.
- J. H. Prior
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 108.9 ft.
Total length: 638.2 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.95611, -83.00658   (decimal degrees)
39°57'22" N, 83°00'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/328602/4424813 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Southwest Columbus
Inventory numbers
ODOT 2503212 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 44807 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,662)
Built 1937 (840)
Built during 1930s (12,171)
Columbus, Ohio (74)
Continuous (2,634)
Deck arch (11,898)
Edward A Ramsey (1)
Franklin County, Ohio (116)
General Asphalt Paving Co. (2)
J. H. Prior (18)
 Lost (28,575)
Lost 2005 (455)
Lost during 2000s (4,408)
Ohio (4,202)
Open-spandrel arch (805)
Replaced by new bridge (19,437)
Scioto River (109)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,066)

Update Log 

  • October 9, 2021: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added NBI data
  • February 23, 2014: Photo imported by Sandor Gulyas
  • April 8, 2010: Added by Calvin Sneed

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Sources 

  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Paul Plassman
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Comments 

Main Street Bridge (Old)
Posted May 24, 2013, by James Cassady (yky46-bg [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Highly under-rated bridge, was very unique, kind of art-deco style. Sadly, no-one seemed to mind when it was torn down a few years ago to be replaced. I do like the new modernistic tilted-arch span, but not at the expense of the unique old Main St. bridge.