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84998
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Third Street Bridge (1838)
Photos
1898 photo
BH Photo #446785
Description
The Third Street wooden bridge was built in 1838 and was opened to the public in 1839 as a toll bridge. In 1871, David Morrison built a three span iron bridge to the east end. Between 1903 and 1904, a concrete steel bridge, built at the cost of $173,600, replaced the structures.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Great Miami River on 3rd Street
- Location
- Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge in 1904
- History
- Covered bridge built in 1838; Expanded with three CBW bowstring spans in 1871
- Builders
- - Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio (also known as)
- D.H. & C.C. Morrison of Dayton, Ohio [also known as Columbia Bridge Works]
- Design
- Burr arch-truss built in 1838 opened in 1839
Three Bowstring through truss spans added in 1871
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.75746, -84.20445 (decimal degrees)
39°45'27" N, 84°12'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/739487/4404576 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 84998 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 2, 2020: New photo from Art Suckewer
- January 31, 2020: Updated by Art Suckewer: added description and dates
- April 23, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon
Sources
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com