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Larimore Road Bridge

Knox County, Ohio

Photos 

Photo taken by Janis Ford

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BH Photo #216668

Map 

Description 

Replaced with a modern Warren pony truss

Facts 

Overview
Relocated Pratt pony truss bridge originally over North Fork Licking River on Larimore Road (TH 176)
Location
Knox County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by a new bridge; moved to Knox County Historical Society grounds and re-erected
History
Built ca. 1890's; replaced 2012 by modern truss; trusses relocated to Knox County Historical Society grounds in Mount Vernon and recently re-erected
Builder
- Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. of Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Design
6-panel, pinned Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 79.1 ft.
Total length: 82.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.27508, -82.58583   (decimal degrees)
40°16'30" N, 82°35'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/365175/4459495 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Homer
Average daily traffic (as of 1980)
30
Inventory numbers
ODOT 4236734 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 27818 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2009)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 21.9 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Knox County, Ohio (60)
Lost (28,464)
Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. (76)
Ohio (4,187)
One-lane traffic (7,835)
Owned by historical society (80)
Pony truss (17,011)
 Pratt pony truss (3,950)
Pratt truss (10,295)
Replaced by new bridge (19,357)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,651)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,792)
Truss (35,451)

Update Log 

  • November 30, 2021: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder per Facebook post.
  • November 30, 2021: Updated by Paul Plassman: Bridge was not lost, but salvaged and relocated
  • September 28, 2021: Updated by Nathan Holth: Removed ca. 1910 data. The builder and year built are not documented by available county records.
  • September 27, 2021: Updated by Paul Plassman: Edited info
  • September 10, 2015: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is demolished and replaced.

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Comments 

Larimore Road Bridge
Posted November 30, 2021, by Paul Plassman

Not lost after all!

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3330678423...

It appears the trusses of this bridge was salvaged when a new bridge was erected on Larimore Road back in 2012 and have been re-erected on the Knox County Historical Society grounds.

You can see the trusses on satellite view: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.379309,-82.5084464,174m/data...

They appear to have been erected since then according to the Facebook information.

Larimore Road Bridge
Posted September 28, 2021, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This bridge had built-up floorbeams. The historic bridge inventory suggests ca. 1895. The builder and year built are not documented by available county records, so the 1910 data on this website was not accurate.