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Tindall Bridge

Sandusky County, Ohio

Photos 

Photo taken by Janis Ford

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BH Photo #131780

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Sandusky River on CR 209 in Ballville
Location
Sandusky County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1915 by the Champion Iron Co.
Builder
- Champion Iron Co.
Design
Riveted, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 166.0 ft.
Total length: 332.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.4 ft.
Also called
Sandusky River CR 209 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.30833, -83.15833   (decimal degrees)
41°18'30" N, 83°09'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/319323/4575232 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Fremont West
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
2,227
Inventory numbers
ODOT 7230168 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 28343 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 26.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

7-panel truss (373)
Built 1915 (1,232)
Built during 1910s (9,669)
Champion Iron Co. (1)
Functionally obsolete (6,368)
Have street view (27,060)
Ohio (3,428)
Open (39,974)
Owned by county (20,841)
 Pratt through truss (5,421)
Pratt truss (9,341)
Sandusky County, Ohio (19)
Sandusky River (19)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,236)
Steel grate deck (450)
Through truss (15,163)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,256)
Truss (32,941)

Update Log 

  • May 3, 2020: New photos from Matthew Hemmer
  • March 31, 2020: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
  • June 19, 2009: New photos from Brian McKee

Sources 

  • Janis Ford
  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Matthew Hemmer - matthemmer1994 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Tindall Bridge
Posted February 11, 2013, by Doug Chapman (upsers59 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I am surprised the Gilmore Bridge is not on here,It was torn out in 2010,there is a youtube video on it.I have some photos of the bridge I took during a canoe trip in 1999 I will post the bridge here soon.

Sandusky River CR 209 Bridge
Posted August 23, 2007, by Anonymous

I believe this bridge is called the Tindall Bridge. Somewhere near this bridge is the Gillmore Bridge.It is almost if not a twin structure to this one but unfortunately it is derelict. I would hate to let it fall beyond repair. Sorry if I mixed up the bridge names.