OH-424 Oberhaus Creek Bridge

Photos

Photo From Historic Bridge Inventory

BH Photo #231285

Map

Street View

Description

This is one of 8 stone arch bridges carrying OH 424 or old US 24 over creeks flowing into the Maumee River. Most are no more visible from the roadway than a culvert, and require getting out of car to see.

Following the Maumee River downstream (east) they are: Benien Creek (OH 424), County ditch 970 (OH 424), Garrett Creek (OH 424), Oberhaus Creek (OH 424), N. Turkeyfoot Creek (old US 24), Dry Creek (old US 24), Bad Creek, 2 spans (old US 24), & Belly Creek (old US 24),

Facts

Overview: Stone arch bridge with pony truss addition over Oberhaus Creek on OH 424 in Napoleon
Location: Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built ca. 1842
Design: Stone arch with pin-connected pony truss added.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 20.0 ft.
Total length: 27.9 ft.
Skew angle: 39 degrees
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.40000, -84.11333 (decimal degrees)
41°23'60" N, 84°06'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/741312/4587184 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Napoleon East
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 3,596
Inventory numbers: ODOT 3503720 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 27684 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2016): Overall condition: Good
Sufficiency rating: 89.3 (out of 100)
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Update Log

January 3, 2015: New photos from Jim Allen
January 3, 2014: Updated by Jim Allen: Added description
January 2, 2014: New photo from Jim Allen
May 2, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated Details.
December 28, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

Sources

Nathan Holth
Jim Allen

Comments

Oberhaus Creek OH 424 Bridge

Posted May 2, 2012, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Puts a new twist on the term "Hybrid".