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Zenas King/Benjamin Trail Bridge
Description
Relocated from a private location NW of Sidney. This bridge was built in 1879 as part of a two span bridge over Loramie Creek on what is today State Route 66. It was moved after damage in the 1913 flood to the Brandewie farm, before being moved here in 2020.Facts
- Overview
- Bowstring pony truss bridge over Amos Lake on a pedestrian walkway in Tawawa Park
- Location
- Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- Builders
- - BACH Steel of Holt, Michigan (Relocation/Restoration of Truss)
- King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Co. of Cleveland, Ohio [also known as King Bridge Co.]
- Design
- Bowstring pony truss
- Also called
- Brandewie Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.28865, -84.12761 (decimal degrees)
40°17'19" N, 84°07'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/744167/4463755 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 90714 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 6, 2021: Updated by Nathan Holth: Corrected date and added info.
- October 29, 2020: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added restoration contractor
- October 15, 2020: New photos from Matthew Hemmer
- September 26, 2020: Updated by Luke: Noted which bridge was relocated
- September 26, 2020: Added by James McCray
Related Bridges
- Brandewie Bridge (Parts reused from)
Sources
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Twitter - Info and Pics
- Luke
- Matthew Hemmer - matthemmer1994 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
Comments
Zenas King/Benjamin Trail Bridge
A bowstring truss has been moved here. Pics and info: https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/1299359882387378176
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The barn in the Twitter imagery matches the barn in Google Streetview from Brandewie.