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Harrison Road Bridge

Hamilton County, Ohio

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #151124

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Great Miami River on Harrison Road (CR 457)
Location
Hamilton County, Ohio
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1894
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 444.0 ft.
Total length: 444.0 ft.
Deck width: 23.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.21616, -84.70324   (decimal degrees)
39°12'58" N, 84°42'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/698285/4343277 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Addyston
Inventory number
BH 27608 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,563)
Built 1894 (240)
Built during 1890s (2,982)
Great Miami River (51)
HAER documented (1,106)
Hamilton County, Ohio (116)
King Bridge Co. (360)
Lost (24,725)
Lost 1989 (181)
 Lost during 1980s (1,370)
Ohio (3,395)
Owned by county (20,784)
Pennsylvania truss (489)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
Through truss (15,058)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,223)
Truss (32,778)

Update Log 

  • March 10, 2015: Updated by Nathan Holth: Add Dimensions and HAER Link
  • January 10, 2012: Updated by J.P.: Added Builder
  • February 18, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added GPS coordinates.
  • December 30, 2009: New photos from Bill Eichelberger

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Harrison Road Bridge
Posted August 28, 2020, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

Love These !

Harrison Road Bridge
Posted August 28, 2020, by rick shelton (shltn [dot] rck66 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Couple of interesting clips of this massive fellow...and any bridge that withstood 1913 has my admiration.

Harrison Road Bridge
Posted March 1, 2014, by RMH (lenicor51 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The temporary bridge over the Great Miami River at Harrison Avenue *is* the structure that collapsed during a high water stage when struck by a large log/tree floating down the river. Two people were killed.

Harrison Road Bridge
Posted January 20, 2008, by Anonymous

Yes, this may have been the bridge at the edge of Miamitown on what used to be US 52. It may have been bigger and longer than the Blue Rock Bridge. One of the three Pennsylvania through trusses over the Great Miami should have been saved. The Harrison Road Bridge was replaced like way back in 1989. This may have also been the site where the part of the temporary bridge was washed out and two people were killed when their car plunged in the rushing water.