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CSX Railroad Muskingum River Bridge

Muskingum County, Ohio
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Overview
Through truss bridge over Muskingum River on Railroad in Zanesville
Location
Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio
Status
Limited Rail Traffic
Design
4 Span Through Truss with drawbridge over canal on East end
Dimensions
Total length: 550.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.94120, -82.01323   (decimal degrees)
39°56'28" N, 82°00'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/413436/4421722 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
672 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Zanesville West
Inventory number
BH 37139 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (559)
Built 1913 (507)
Built during 1910s (6,729)
CSX Railroad (581)
Have street view (9,883)
Movable (1,355)
Muskingum County, Ohio (47)
NR-eligible (3,749)
Ohio (2,197)
 Open (28,297)
Owned by railroad (4,036)
Pennsylvania truss (308)
Railroad (4,063)
Through truss (9,201)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,803)
Truss (23,561)
Zanesville, Ohio (3)

Update Log 

  • August 2, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Updated categories
  • December 29, 2010: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added building date, updated various little details, its an open bridge
  • July 18, 2010: Updated by Robert Thompson: Added "Bascule" to the description.
  • July 16, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
  • August 11, 2008: Added by Greg Hall

Sources 

  • Greg Hall - cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com
  • Robert Thompson
  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
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CSX Railroad Muskingum River Bridge
Posted July 11, 2011, by Jim Grey (mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge is still in use.

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CSXT Railroad Muskingum River Bridge
Posted December 10, 2008, by Paul Nadal (paul [dot] nadal [at] libertysurf [dot] fr)

Hi, Concerning the Zanesville RailRoad Bridge, (Ohio) The issue of the magazine "Construction Methods & Equipment", October 1952, p.57 to 59 with 6 photographs, describes the work for protection of piers, as we see today still. From this article, I quote: "The stone piers supporting the steel structure were badly damaged when the bridge was washed out during the flood in 1913. When rebuilt, the bases of the piers were encased in concrete. Through the ensuing years, the piers were eroded by the swift current of the Muskingum until it became necesssary to restore the foundations ..." Your site on the bridges is well done, very interesting , with beautiful and interesting photographs . Congratulations. With my Sympathy . A Frenchman. Paul Nadal .

CSXT Railroad Muskingum River Through Truss
Posted August 11, 2008, by Greg and Olivia Hall (cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com)

Not sure if line is still in use. Draw bridge on East end over the canal was open and general appearance was that this may not be currently in use.

Photo 1- Draw Bridge over canal on East end

Photo 2- Looking North/West

Photo 3- Looking East

Photo 4- different angle of Draw bridge on East end

Photo 5- Looking North from Y-Bridge-note the very west span is taller, maybe moved in from different location?

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.