Egypt Pike Bridge

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Photo taken by Don O'Brien in April 2009

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Description

This is one of three known remaining bowstring ponies designed by Zimri Wall and his firm the Champion Bridge Company. The design was very unique and features a trio of iron plates with tubes separating them in a Warren truss pattern... A sort of double-decker look if you will. This is the only one of the three that still appears to function as a load-bearing truss system.

Facts

Overview: Bowstring pony truss bridge over Mud Run on Egypt Pike
Location: Pickaway County, Ohio
Status: Open to pedestrians
History: Built in 1876. Replaced in 1987, but moved next to new bridge for pedestrian use.
Builders: - Champion Bridge Co. of Wilmington, Ohio
- Zimri Wall
Design: Bowstring pony truss
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.55788, -83.25949 (decimal degrees)
39°33'28" N, 83°15'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/305882/4381126 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: New Holland
Inventory number: BH 43074 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

March 30, 2020: New photos from Matthew Hemmer
October 18, 2016: New photos from Janis Ford
February 16, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added GPS coordinates
December 30, 2009: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
August 6, 2009: New photo from Don O'Brien
July 27, 2009: Added by Anthony Dillon

Sources

Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
Don O'Brien - dok97 [at] frontier [dot] com
Bill Eichelberger
Janis Ford
Matthew Hemmer - matthemmer1994 [at] gmail [dot] com