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Old Plank Road Bridge

Ashtabula County, Ohio

Photos 

Photo taken by Janis Ford Feb 2007

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BH Photo #216737

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Bailey truss bridge over Grand River on Old Plank Road (TR 528)
Location
Ashtabula County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1972 by the U.S. Army; replaced 2010
Builder
- U.S. Army of Washington, D.C.
Design
Bailey double-single (two side-by-side, one tall) pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.50516, -80.90783   (decimal degrees)
41°30'19" N, 80°54'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/507692/4594841 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Windsor
Inventory number
BH 27262 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Ashtabula County, Ohio (122)
Bailey truss (193)
Built 1972 (98)
Built during 1970s (1,015)
Lost (31,780)
Lost 2010 (488)
Lost during 2010s (3,678)
 Ohio (5,050)
Owned by township (3,628)
Pony truss (17,545)
Pre-fab, modular steel panel truss (14)
Replaced by new bridge (21,673)
Truss (38,296)
U.S. Army (11)

Update Log 

  • September 20, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added build & lost dates
  • June 14, 2017: Updated by Fmiser: changed from "deck" to "pony"
  • April 29, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge has been demolished and replaced.
  • November 15, 2011: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Mapped.
  • November 29, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added to Bailey truss category.

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Janis Ford
  • Bill Eichelberger
  • Nathan Holth
  • Fmiser - fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Paul Plassman
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Comments 

Old Plank Road Bridge
Posted November 29, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

These are what is known as a Bailey truss.

Old Plank Road Bridge
Posted November 29, 2009, by J.R. Manning (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

I agree with you, Gene. Take a look at the 50th Street Menomonee River Bridge at http://bridgehunter.com/wi/milwaukee/P40065800000000/ to see a nearly identical structure.

Old Plank Road Bridge
Posted November 29, 2009, by Gene McCluney (mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Thats one of those surplus WW2 era. modular bridges.