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NS - Main Street Overpass

Franklin County, Ohio

Photo 

Photo taken by Jim Grey in May 2011

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BH Photo #201191

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Main Street on Norfolk Southern Railroad
Location
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1929
Railroads
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Steel stringer; Note-there are a total of 8 similar overpasses between E Livingston and Maryland Avenue
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 41.0 ft.
Total length: 66.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.95741, -82.94790   (decimal degrees)
39°57'27" N, 82°56'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/333618/4424847 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Southeast Columbus
Inventory numbers
ODOT 2560852 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 48910 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (16,868)
Built 1929 (1,058)
Built during 1920s (10,254)
Columbus, Ohio (74)
Franklin County, Ohio (116)
Have street view (28,872)
Norfolk & Western Railway (636)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,092)
 Ohio (4,178)
Open (40,958)
Owned by railroad (13,480)
Railroad (16,443)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,217)
Steel stringer (6,705)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,563)

Update Log 

  • February 2, 2020: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
  • June 13, 2011: Added by Jim Grey

Sources 

  • Jim Grey - mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Luke
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

NS - Main Street Overpass
Posted February 2, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Thanks for clearing that up,Geoff.The walkway in the first picture gave away the differences in the bridges.

NS - Main Street Overpass
Posted February 2, 2020, by Geoff Hubbs (geoffrey [dot] hubbs [at] att [dot] net)

Good catch, George. The bridge in the pictures is E Main Street, but the map and street view were E Broad Street. I added a page for E Broad Street.

NS - Main Street Overpass
Posted February 2, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Where is the bridge in picture #1 located?Has to be a different location but not where this bridge is.