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Cooke Road Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Closed-spandrel arch bridge over a tributary of North Branch Kokosing River on Cooke Road (TR 369)
- Location
- Knox County, Ohio
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1896 by the Buckeye Portland Cement Co. of Bellfontaine, Ohio and W.H. Pratt
- Builders
- - Buckeye Portland Cement Co. of Bellefontaine, Ohio
- W.H. Pratt
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 52.2 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- W.H. Pratt Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.51167, -82.61500 (decimal degrees)
40°30'42" N, 82°36'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/363175/4485802 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Bellville
- Inventory numbers
- ODOT 4236580 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 27807 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 07/2015)
- Deck condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 40
Update Log
- September 24, 2011: New photos from Nathan Holth
- January 3, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Fixed spelling of Buckeye Portland Concrete
Sources
- Bill Eichelberger
- HAER Documentation
- Nathan Holth
© Copyright 2002-17, James Baughn and contributors.
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/oh/knox/4236580/
This is a nationally significant historic bridge that nobody seems to be aware of. Its a concrete Melan style arch built in 1896. Anytime you see a concrete arch built before 1900 its a big deal. I am attaching the historic bridge inventory sheet and the management plan for this bridge.
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