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Zenas King/Benjamin Trail Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Matthew Hemmer in October 2020
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BH Photo #484168
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 St. Johns, Michigan (Relocation/Restoration of Truss)
- King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Co. of Cleveland, Ohio [also known as King Bridge Co.]
- Design
- Bowstring pony truss
- Recognition
-
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 2021
- 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 numbers
- NRHP 100007183 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 90714 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 14, 2022: Updated by Nathan Holth: Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- 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
Sources
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Twitter - Info and Pics
- Luke
- Matthew Hemmer - matthemmer1994 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
The barn in the Twitter imagery matches the barn in Google Streetview from Brandewie.