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Bridge Street Muskingum River Bridge

Muskingum County, Ohio

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Photo taken by Greg Hall

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BH Photo #131636

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Street Views 

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Muskingum River on Bridge Street between Philo and Duncan Falls
Location
Duncan Falls, Muskingum County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Slated for demolition and replacement in 2018.
History
Built 1953; rehabilitated 1979
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Wander & Mason
Design
Five-span Parker through truss w fixed swing
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 154.9 ft.
Total length: 828.1 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Also called
Cry Baby Bridge
Philo Bridge,
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.86917, -81.90933   (decimal degrees)
39°52'09" N, 81°54'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/422231/4413632 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Philo
Elevation
679 ft. above sea level
Inventory numbers
ODOT 6054129 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 37143 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2015)
Deck condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
4,500

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,159)
Built 1953 (271)
Built during 1950s (3,254)
Doomed (1,027)
Duncan Falls, Ohio (2)
Have street view (22,086)
Movable (2,705)
Muskingum County, Ohio (84)
Muskingum River (29)
Ohio (2,919)
Open (36,584)
 Owned by county (18,855)
Parker through truss (1,166)
Parker truss (1,520)
Philo, Ohio (2)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,771)
Structurally deficient (18,433)
Swing (1,248)
Through truss (12,899)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,539)
Truss (29,448)
Wander & Mason (1)

Update Log 

  • November 25, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • August 19, 2016: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
  • July 18, 2016: Photo imported by Dave King
  • November 21, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • October 1, 2015: New Street View added by Brandon Cooper
  • October 19, 2010: New photo from Eric Root
  • July 16, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
  • February 27, 2010: Updated by Greg Hall: added GPS coordinates
  • August 11, 2008: Added by Greg Hall

Sources 

  • Greg Hall - cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com
  • Eric Root - ejort [at] att [dot] net
  • Douglas Butler
  • Brandon Cooper
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Nathan Holth
  • Dana and Kay Klein
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Bridge Street Muskingum River Bridge
Posted June 30, 2014, by John Goold (BlueWilliamus [at] yahoo [dot] com)

There is discussion about raising money to replace this bridge.

Bridge Street Muskingum River Bridge
Posted August 22, 2011, by John Goold (BlueWilliamus [at] yahoo [dot] com)

They are letting a lot of these bridges rust so they can deteriorate even faster and be replaced by a concrete slab. Then they can put their name to the replacement bridge they built. This happened with the Putnam Street Bridge in Marietta. They didn't paint it and then it rusted so then they could say it needs replaced.

Bridge Street Muskingum River Bridge
Posted November 9, 2009, by Todd (mrwalk08 [at] aol [dot] com)

"A fresh coat of paint would spruce this one up good"... This bridge resembles the one at Waterville up in Lucas county which is kept up better.