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Bellville Bridge

Richland County, Ohio
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Overview

Photo taken by Jonathan Maxwell

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Replaced a covered bridge that was destroyed by a truck carrying pickles.

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Clear Fork on OH 13 (Main Street) in Bellville
Location
Richland County, Ohio
Status
Open to two-lane traffic
History
Built 1938 by the Mt. Vernon Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1977
Builder
- Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. of Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Design
Riveted Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 138.1 ft.
Total length: 146.0 ft.
Deck width: 29.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.4 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
The Pickle Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.62323, -82.51132   (decimal degrees)
40°37'24" N, 82°30'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/372172/4498031 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Bellville
Inventory numbers
ODOT 7000243 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 28313 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2011)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 46.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
6,270

Categories 

Built 1938 (584)
Built during 1930s (8,575)
Functionally obsolete (7,054)
Have street view (10,035)
Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. (39)
NR-eligible (3,751)
OH 13 (3)
Ohio (2,201)
Open (28,452)
Owned by county (16,526)
Painted blue (39)
 Parker through truss (954)
Parker truss (1,273)
Reserve (27)
Richland County, Ohio (32)
Riveted (1,019)
Skewed (4,083)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,966)
Through truss (9,254)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,156)
Truss (23,615)

Update Log 

  • April 1, 2010: Updated by Joshua Collins: added google street view
  • June 15, 2005: Posted photos from Jonathan Maxwell

Sources 

  • Jonathan Maxwell - themaxwellshouse [at] roadrunner [dot] com
  • Greg Hall - cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com
  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
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Bellville Bridge
Posted July 4, 2012, by foo (foo [at] foo [dot] bar [dot] com)

Who told you this was Pickle Bridge?

Bellville Bridge
Posted September 25, 2011, by dinger

Yeah, that's not Pickle Bridge.

Bellville Bridge
Posted August 7, 2011, by David Freeman (dfree1964 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Dont quite know where you got your info. but nobody here in Bellville calls this Pickle! Every knows where Pickle Bridge was located, but the name never carried over to this one.

Bellville Bridge
Posted February 12, 2007, by Cecil (cneigh01 [at] baker [dot] edu)

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Bellville Bridge
Posted September 16, 2006, by Anonymous

this bridge sucks my nuts

Bellville Bridge
Posted November 6, 2005, by Susan (Pureone2 [at] aol [dot] com)

Hung out under that bridge most of my childhood. Has a lot of sentimental meaning for me.