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Cheshire Bridge

Delaware County, Ohio

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Little Walnut Creek on CR 72
Location
Delaware County, Ohio
Status
Removed and replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1917; rehabilitated 1990; replaced 2006
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 89.9 ft.
Total length: 94.2 ft.
Deck width: 23.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.24583, -82.89444   (decimal degrees)
40°14'45" N, 82°53'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/338867/4456764 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Galena
Inventory numbers
ODOT 2131358 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 27516 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1917 (666)
Built during 1910s (9,968)
Corrugated deck (488)
Delaware County, Ohio (70)
Lost (28,402)
Lost 2006 (374)
Lost during 2000s (4,403)
Ohio (4,178)
Owned by county (21,600)
 Pony truss (17,004)
Relocated (1,035)
Replaced by new bridge (19,311)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,651)
Structurally deficient (12,893)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,780)
Truss (35,396)
Warren pony truss (3,554)
Warren truss (6,997)

Update Log 

  • August 19, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added category "Relocated"
  • July 17, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Bridge replaced per forum comment

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Cheshire Bridge
Posted August 19, 2014, by Sandor Gulyas (sgulya1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Come to find out, via the local paper, that the bridge here was moved from Galena (Dustin Road) to here in 1962/3 to replace a previous bridge.

Cheshire Bridge
Posted July 17, 2011, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Google satellite still shows the truss but street view is the new one.

Cheshire Bridge
Posted July 17, 2011, by Sandor Gulyas (sgulya1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Delaware County Engineer Dept. replaced this bridge with a concrete box in 2006.