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Township Road 18A Bridge

Putnam County, Ohio

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Road 18-A Pony Truss

Photo taken by Brian McKee Oct 23, 2011

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BH Photo #218419

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over North Powell Creek on Township Road 18A
Location
Putnam County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca.1870's by D.H. & C.C. Morrison,
Builders
- Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio (also known as)
- D.H. & C.C. Morrison of Dayton, Ohio [also known as Columbia Bridge Works]
Design
Pratt pony truss with trussed floor beams
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 38.1 ft.
Total length: 40.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.14167, -84.21833   (decimal degrees)
41°08'30" N, 84°13'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/733453/4558213 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
New Bavaria
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
96
Inventory numbers
ODOT 6931928 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 28303 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 41 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Columbia Bridge Works (99)
D.H. & C.C. Morrison (89)
NR-eligible (4,064)
Non-Select (300)
Ohio (3,810)
One-lane traffic (7,670)
Open (40,335)
Owned by county (21,308)
Pony truss (16,686)
 Pratt pony truss (3,816)
Pratt truss (9,842)
Putnam County, Ohio (26)
Relocated (985)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,965)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,355)
Truss (34,256)
Wrought Iron (410)

Update Log 

  • July 13, 2021: Updated by Art Suckewer: added categories & that it was almost certainly relocated at some point.
  • August 18, 2015: Updated by Art Suckewer: Add "Columbia Bridge Works" - D. H. Morrison's Company
  • October 24, 2011: New photos from Brian McKee
  • October 23, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon: changed date

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
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Comments 

Township Road 18A Bridge
Posted September 30, 2014, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Tony,

I like it, clean lines and delicate.

Regards,

Art S.

Township Road 18A Bridge
Posted September 30, 2014, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Putnam County has a nice set of Morrison spans with the Mallaham Bridge and this neat little Pratt pony. They should secure funding to restore this one as well!