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RJCL - Tuscarawas River Bridge (Massillon)

Stark County, Ohio

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RJCL - Tuscarawas River Bridge

Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in June 2015

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BH Photo #341681

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Tuscarawas River on Railroad
Location
Massillon, Stark County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Building started in 1941, stopped due to WW2, completed in later 1946, opened in 1947.
Builders
- E.J. Albrecht Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. of Mt. Vernon, Ohio (Trusses)
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- R.J. Corman Railroad (RJCN; RJCR; RJCC; RJCL; RJCM; RJCP; RJCK; RJNX; RJCV)
Design
Pratt through truss
Also called
PRR - Tuscarawas River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.79188, -81.52600   (decimal degrees)
40°47'31" N, 81°31'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/455623/4515787 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Massillon
Inventory number
BH 51986 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1946 (184)
Built during 1940s (3,668)
Conrail (856)
Curved (404)
E.J. Albrecht Co. (2)
Have street view (23,389)
Massillon, Ohio (2)
Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. (58)
Ohio (3,027)
Open (37,483)
Owned by railroad (10,241)
Penn Central Railroad (543)
 Pennsylvania Railroad (533)
Pratt through truss (4,675)
Pratt truss (8,158)
R.J. Corman Railroad (18)
Railroad (13,555)
Riveted (1,948)
Skewed (4,747)
Stark County, Ohio (50)
Through truss (13,162)
Truss (29,910)
Vertical endposts (58)

Update Log 

  • November 19, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • April 6, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Riveted", "Pennsylvania Railroad", "Curved"

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