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North River Road Bridge

Wood County, Ohio

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over North Branch Portage River on North River Road (CR 257A)
Location
Pemberville, Wood County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built before 1900; rehabilitated 1981; Replaced 2000
Design
Parker pony truss
Dimensions
Span length: 87.9 ft.
Total length: 87.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.41012, -83.45853   (decimal degrees)
41°24'36" N, 83°27'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/294512/4587202 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pemberville
Inventory numbers
ODOT 8755868 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 28627 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Lost (24,733)
Lost 2000 (389)
Lost during 2000s (4,185)
Ohio (3,399)
Owned by county (20,783)
Parker pony truss (380)
Parker truss (1,677)
 Pemberville, Ohio (1)
Pony truss (16,184)
Replaced by new bridge (16,577)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,428)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,584)
Truss (32,784)
Wood County, Ohio (58)

Update Log 

  • October 31, 2015: Updated by Luke: Mapped
  • October 30, 2011: Updated by Brian McKee: Bridge has been replaced

Sources 

  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Luke
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Comments 

North River Road Bridge
Posted November 4, 2015, by george oakley (georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Ian,isn't this a girder bridge in the picture?

North River Road Bridge
Posted November 2, 2015, by george oakley (georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I have to agree with you ian that this bridge is the rail bridge you mentioned,not the pony truss which is on thiss listing.

North River Road Bridge
Posted November 1, 2015, by Ian Martin

George,

I'd hazard a guess that it's this railroad bridge (https://goo.gl/NmSegj; http://bridgehunter.com/oh/wood/nyc---portage-river/), which is located further south along the same road.

Ian

North River Road Bridge
Posted November 1, 2015, by george oakley (georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Alyssa,this bridge you have a picture of is not the bridge mentioned.Where is this bridge from?

North River Road Bridge
Posted October 31, 2015, by Alyssa

Still in tact to walk across carefully