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Putnam Street Bridge (Old)

Washington County, Ohio

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #151395

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Parker through truss swing bridge over Muskingum River on Putnam Street
Location
Marietta, Washington County, Ohio
Status
Bridge has been replaced.
History
Built 1913; rehabilitated 1951
Builder
- Nelson-Merydith Co. of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 229.0 ft.
Total length: 779.9 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974
Also called
Marietta Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.41362, -81.45768   (decimal degrees)
39°24'49" N, 81°27'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/460600/4362777 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Marietta
Inventory numbers
ODOT 8438536 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 43831 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1913 (866)
Built during 1910s (9,667)
Lost (24,929)
Lost 2000 (389)
Lost during 2000s (4,194)
Marietta, Ohio (5)
Movable (2,984)
Muskingum River (28)
NR-listed (2,961)
Navigable waterway (2,154)
Nelson-Merydith Co. (10)
Ohio (3,428)
 Owned by county (20,839)
Parker through truss (1,299)
Parker truss (1,682)
Pin-connected (3,920)
Replaced by new bridge (16,732)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,991)
Swing (1,461)
Through truss (15,155)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,876)
Truss (32,928)
Washington County, Ohio (61)

Update Log 

  • June 1, 2017: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: sequenced bridge
  • August 22, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • July 8, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added GPS coords
  • June 1, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Bridge has been replaced.
  • January 1, 2010: Added by Bill Eichelberger

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