Photos
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Deck view These photos were taken by Jonathan Maxwell |
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Close-up of arch |
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Modern plaque |
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Oblique view These photos from the Historic American Engineering Record show the deteriorated before before its rehabilitation in 1992 [HAER photos taken July 1986 by Louise Taft Cawood] |
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Deck view |
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Original steel grate deck |
Facts
- Overview
- Rainbow arch bridge over Mill Creek on Benson Street on the line between Lockland and Reading
- Location
- Hamilton County, Ohio
- Status
- Open to two-lane traffic
- History
- Built 1909-10 by engineer E. A. Gast; rehabilitated 1992
- Design
- Concrete pony arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 75.1 ft.
Total length: 100.1 ft.
Deck width: 31.2 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Inventory numbers
- ODOT 3137600 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
BH 27597 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 08/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 70.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1975)
- 6,500