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Orient Bridge

Pickaway County, Ohio

Photos 

Photo taken by Satolli Glassmeyer

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BH Photo #110190

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Street View 

Video 

History In Your Own Backyard

Facts 

Overview
Whipple through truss bridge over Big Darby Creek on abandoned section of OH 762.
Location
Pickaway County, Ohio
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1885 by the Cleveland Bridge & Iron Co.
Builder
- Cleveland Bridge & Iron Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
Whipple through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 225.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.80167, -83.17000   (decimal degrees)
39°48'06" N, 83°10'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/314226/4407997 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Harrisburg
Inventory numbers
ODOT 6503756 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 28204 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

15-panel truss (11)
19th Century (9,081)
Big Darby Creek (29)
Bridgemapper.com (1,325)
Built 1885 (212)
Built during 1880s (2,295)
Bypassed (190)
Cleveland Bridge & Iron Co. (9)
Finials (125)
Have street view (29,908)
Ohio (4,681)
 One-lane traffic (8,000)
Open to pedestrians (4,632)
Owned by state (16,656)
Pickaway County, Ohio (47)
Pin-connected (5,049)
Stone Abutments (184)
Through truss (17,885)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,597)
Truss (36,793)
Whipple truss (486)

Update Log 

  • July 29, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added categories "15-panel truss", "Finials", "One-lane traffic", "Pin-connected", "Stone Abutments", "Big Darby Creek", "Bypassed"
  • January 25, 2021: New video from Mike Daffron
  • July 17, 2016: New photos from Mike Mullins
  • October 10, 2014: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
  • November 5, 2011: New photos from J.P.
  • March 31, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added Google Street View.
  • December 22, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added date and modified builder's name
  • August 18, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon

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Comments 

Orient Bridge
Posted January 27, 2021, by Jason Smith (flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com)

Video with facts on the bridge: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2021/01/27/hyb...

Orient Bridge
Posted May 20, 2017, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This is great to see!

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170518/crews-give-132-year-ol...

Orient Bridge
Posted November 5, 2011, by J.P.

not only that but beware of security guards, I had a security guard claim the bridge is on State Correctional Property, and ripped me and James up and down, and even threatened to call the state police. We did not pass any signage that would stop anyone from visiting the bridge, the closest signs are on a street on the east side of the bridge. But I would recommend be careful.

Big Darby Creek OH 762 Bridge
Posted January 31, 2008, by Anonymous

Anyone visiting this bridge must lock their car doors and beware of their surroundings. The bridge is near a correctional facility! Also, next to this bridge is a high railroad bridge.