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Overview Color photos taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt |
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Oblique view |
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Deck view Black-and-white photos taken 1992 by Joseph Elliott for the Historic American Engineering Record |
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Anchorage |
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Tower |
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Plaque 1914 R.H.Strait Co. Eng. A.T.Connar Dept.Eng. G.L.Breithaupt Ins. J.A.Swingle Cont.Co. G.C.Melvin Supt. |
Facts
- Overview
- Suspension bridge over Muskingum River on OH 208 in Dresden
- Location
- Muskingum County, Ohio
- Status
- Bypassed and closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1914 by the Bellefontaine Bridge & Steel Co.
- Builder
- - Bellefontaine Bridge & Steel Co.
- Design
- Eyebar suspension
- Dimensions
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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
- +40.12066, -82.00026 (decimal degrees)
40°07'14" N, 82°00'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/414767/4441628 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Adamsville
- Inventory numbers
- ODOT 6005284 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
NRHP 78002153 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28141 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Comments
Dresden Suspension Bridge
Pic of current bridge with old bridge from http://www.dot.state.oh.us/
