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Veterans Memorial Bridge

Montgomery County, Ohio

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

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BH Photo #128952

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

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Bridge has been replaced by a new cable-stayed bridge.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)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,726)
Built 1926 (812)
Built during 1920s (10,324)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,288)
Dayton, Ohio (48)
Deck arch (11,953)
Have street view (29,832)
Lost (29,894)
Lost 2009 (360)
Lost during 2000s (4,439)
 Montgomery County, Ohio (80)
NR-eligible (4,122)
Ohio (4,649)
Owned by city (6,162)
Replaced by new bridge (20,333)
Skewed (5,071)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,614)
Structurally deficient (12,763)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,588)

Update Log 

  • May 20, 2014: New photos from Nathan Holth
  • July 15, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
  • February 2, 2009: Updated by James F. Gentner
  • January 14, 2009: Updated by James F. Gentner
  • December 2, 2008: Updated by James F. Gentner

Sources 

  • James F. Gentner - jfgentner678 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Wayne Grodkiewicz - WGrodkiewi [at] aol [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
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Comments 

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.