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Gaysport Bridge (3rd)

Muskingum County, Ohio

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Gaysport Bridge (3rd)

The Times Recorder: December 5 1971

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BH Photo #450603

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Description 

The first bridge at this location was a covered Howe truss. The second was an iron or steel through truss bridge lost in the flood of 1913.

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Muskingum River on CR 66
Location
Gaysport, Muskingum County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by new bridge using existing piers
History
Built 1914
Design
Through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.80389, -81.89333   (decimal degrees)
39°48'14" N, 81°53'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/423527/4406372 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Philo
Inventory number
BH 62363 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1914 (796)
Built during 1910s (9,535)
Gaysport, Ohio (1)
Have street view (26,471)
Lost (24,037)
Lost 1971 (76)
Lost during 1970s (743)
 Muskingum County, Ohio (83)
Ohio (3,327)
Owned by county (20,524)
Replaced by new bridge (16,044)
Through truss (14,825)
Truss (32,395)

Update Log 

  • June 22, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • August 6, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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