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Beatty Road Bridge

Morrow County, Ohio
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Photo taken by Janis Ford

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Whetstone Creek on CR 149 (Beatty Road)
Location
Morrow County, Ohio
Status
Closed to traffic after failing an inspection in August 2011
History
Built 1915; rehabilitated 1996
Design
Riveted, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 124.0 ft.
Total length: 127.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.0 ft.
Also called
CR 149 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.48341, -82.93475   (decimal degrees)
40°29'00" N, 82°56'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/336015/4483211 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Ashley
Inventory numbers
ODOT 5930529 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 28128 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2009)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1996)
161

Categories 

6-panel truss (405)
Built 1915 (967)
Built during 1910s (6,729)
Closed (2,071)
Corrugated deck (519)
Morrow County, Ohio (53)
Ohio (2,197)
One-lane traffic (7,111)
Owned by county (16,484)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
 Pratt truss (5,658)
Riveted (1,011)
Savable (35)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,299)
Structurally deficient (16,677)
TRUSS Award 2011 (12)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,136)
Truss (23,565)

Update Log 

  • July 30, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • June 19, 2009: Updated by Joshua Collins: added road name

Sources 

  • Janis Ford
  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Beatty Road Bridge
Posted August 14, 2011, by Julie Bowers (jbowerz1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

workin' bridges.....we might be able to help. 641.260.1262

Julie

Beatty Road Bridge
Posted August 14, 2011, by Anonymous

I emailed this to Director@dot.state.oh.us.....

How does one go about petitioning for repair of an historic bridge in Morrow County, Ohio?

Thanks for your help!

ODOT 5930529

http://bridgehunter.com/oh/morrow/5930529/

this bridge is closed right now for inspection; please advise right away.

Thanks most sincerely.

Dixie Foust

Whetstone Creek CR 149 Bridge
Posted May 3, 2009, by Janis Ford (jford3 [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com)

GPS is 40 29 00N, 82 56 05W