Dresden Suspension Bridge

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt

BH Photo #108394

Map 

Street View 

• View #1

Facts 

Overview

Suspension bridge over Muskingum River on OH 208 in Dresden

Location

Dresden, Muskingum County, Ohio

Status

Bypassed and closed to all traffic

History

Built 1914 by the Bellefontaine Bridge & Steel Co.

Builders

- Bellefontaine Bridge & Steel Co. of Bellefontaine, Ohio [also known as Bellefontaine Bridge & Iron Co.]
- Clyde T. Morris (Consulting Engineer)

Design

Eyebar suspension

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 443.0 ft.
Total length: 705.0 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1978

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.12067, -82.00011   (decimal degrees)
40°07'14" N, 82°00'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/414780/4441629 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Dresden

Inventory numbers

ODOT 6005284 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
NRHP 78002153 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28141 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• May 17, 2016: Updated by Nathan Holth: Add engineer.
• October 17, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
• April 29, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added city
• July 16, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
• October 11, 2006: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

Sources 

• Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
• Luke
• Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net
• Nathan Holth
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth

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