Great Miami River OH 47 Bridge

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Overview

Lost concrete arch bridge over Great Miami River on OH 47 in Sidney

Location

Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio

Status

Demolished and replaced with a slab of pre-stressed concrete. Appears to have fake arch facade and aesthetic guardrails (likely due to Section 106 mitigation) based on Street View.

History

Built 1931 by D.H. Overman; replaced 2007

Design

Closed-spandrel arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 96.1 ft.
Total length: 350.1 ft.
Deck width: 29.9 ft.

Recognition

Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.28667, -84.15000   (decimal degrees)
40°17'12" N, 84°09'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/742271/4463473 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Sidney

Inventory numbers

INDOT 162-19-01925A (Indiana Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
ODOT 7500661 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 28400 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 09/2006)

Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 47.8 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 1994)

6,470

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Update Log 

• March 23, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Bridge has been replaced.

Sources 

• Nathan Holth
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth

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