Veterans Memorial Bridge

Photos

Side view of Bridge

View of bridge before Wolf Creek flows into the Great Miami River

Photo taken by James F. Gentner in November 2008

BH Photo #128952

Overview: Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Wolf Creek on Edwin C. Moses Blvd. in Dayton
Location: Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Status: Bridge has been replaced by a new cable-stayed bridge.
History: Built 1926 by the City of Dayton
Design: Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 206.0 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Edwin C. Moses Blvd. Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.75833, -84.20667 (decimal degrees)
39°45'30" N, 84°12'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/739293/4404667 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Dayton North
Average daily traffic (as of 1989): 9,386
Inventory numbers: ODOT 5760607 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 28073 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2008): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 33.6 (out of 100)
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Veterans Memorial Bridge

Posted August 22, 2011, by John Goold (BlueWilliamus [at] yahoo [dot] com)

If we keep this up every bridge including overpasses will be cable-stayed before long

Veterans Memorial Bridge

Posted August 22, 2011, by Wayne Grodkiewicz (wgrodkiewi [at] aol [dot] com)

It's actually Edwin Moses Parkway not Robert.