Rating:
27625
{82}%
1 vote
Willey Road Bridge
Photos
Overview
Photo taken by Jonathan Maxwell
BH Photo #108301
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVIPEPTagcw |
Willey Road Bridge Here's a video I recently did on the bridge. |
Description
This bridge was severely altered in 1996 when it was essentially replaced with a pre-stressed concrete bridge. The original arches were retained on the replacement bridge as non-functional decorations. Despite the alteration, this bridge is (surprisingly) still considered eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
Facts
- Overview
- Rainbow arch bridge on Willey Road in Crosby Township
- Location
- Hamilton County, Ohio
- Status
- Open to two-lane traffic
- History
- Built 1911; rehabilitated 1996
- Design
- Concrete pony arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 62.0 ft.
Total length: 65.0 ft.
Deck width: 27.2 ft.
- Recognition
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Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.28667, -84.69333 (decimal degrees)
39°17'12" N, 84°41'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/698940/4351125 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Shandon
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 1,021
- Inventory numbers
- ODOT 3130622 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 27625 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of November 2018)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 86.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- May 5, 2021: New video from Satolli Glassmeyer
- May 29, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added alteration description, crossing.
- April 15, 2010: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger
- September 8, 2005: Posted photos from Jonathan Maxwell
Sources
- Jonathan Maxwell - themaxwellshouse [at] roadrunner [dot] com
- Bill Eichelberger
- Nathan Holth
- Satolli Glassmeyer - info [at] scenicroadrallies [dot] com
The Historic Bridge Inventory claims this bridge was built in 1911 and designed by E. A. Gast, around the same time as the Benson Street Bridge also designed by E. A. Gast. However, the NBI date is 1931, and visually, the bridge looks more like 1930s arches in Ohio. Not sure what the truth is here.