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Whetstone Creek TR 76 (Mt. Gilead-West Point Rd.) Bridge

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Photo taken by Brian McKee 11-13-2010

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Whetstone Creek on TR 76 (Mt. Gilead-West Point Rd.)
Location
Morrow County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1900; rehabilitated 2000
Design
Half-hipped, pinned Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 48.9 ft.
Total length: 53.2 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.61667, -82.80500   (decimal degrees)
40°37'00" N, 82°48'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/347316/4497770 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Mount Gilead
Inventory numbers
ODOT 5932270 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 28134 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2010)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 13.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1992)
300

Categories 

Built 1900 (699)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Lost (10,374)
Morrow County, Ohio (53)
Ohio (2,197)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
Owned by county (16,492)
Pony truss (13,217)
Pratt pony truss (2,342)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Replaced by new bridge (7,141)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,056)
Structurally deficient (16,683)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,897)
Truss (23,575)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • August 13, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge has been demolished and replaced.
  • November 14, 2010: New photos from Brian McKee
  • June 19, 2009: Updated by Joshua Collins: added road name

Sources 

  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth

Comments 

Whetstone Creek TR 76 (Mt. Gilead-West Point Rd.) Bridge
Posted August 13, 2012, by Nathan Holth

Reduced to a slab of concrete.

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