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Philo-Duncan Falls Covered Bridge 35-60-U03x
Photo
Columbus Metropolitan Library
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
View this photo at digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org
BH Photo #279830
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Covered Through truss bridge over Muskingum River on Bridge Street
- Location
- Philo, Muskingum County, Ohio
- Status
- Destroyed by flooding
- History
- Built January 13, 1875; Rebuilt 1884 on higher level; Damaged by wind in 1908 and 2 spans replaced with iron, washed out in 1913 flood
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 798.0 ft.
- Also called
- Duncan Falls-Philo Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.86925, -81.90920 (decimal degrees)
39°52'09" N, 81°54'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/422242/4413640 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Philo
- Inventory numbers
- WGCB 35-60-U03x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 60253 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
© Copyright 2002-18, James Baughn and contributors.
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/oh/muskingum/bh60253/
Muskingum County was nearly sued by the Federal Government because this bridge was too low to allow canal boat traffic to pass beneath it.
According to reports from the Corps of Engineers from the late 1800's, after the original canal was abandoned and the lock placed at the present location, boat traffic no longer had the clearance of the moveable canal bridge in the picture above and many larger boats were unable to clear the new passage underneath the main bridge.
I am fairly certain the piers from this bridge have been used in every rebuild of the bridge, including the one which still (barely) stands today.