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Rowe Road Bridge
Description
Built in 1887, the 150-foot Rowe Road bridge, spanning Big Walnut Creek, just west of Lockbourne, "was dumped unceremoniously into the creek" on January 31, 1961, by workmen from the County Engineering Department.
(From photo description)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Through truss bridge over Big Walnut Creek on Rowe Road (CR-133)
- Location
- Lockbourne, Franklin County, Ohio
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1887; Demolished January 31, 1961 and replaced by a steel stringer that lasted until 1996 when the current bridge was built
- Builder
- - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- Design
- Pinned Pratt through truss on stone abutments
- Dimensions
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Total length: 150.0 ft.
- Also called
- Lockbourne Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.81021, -82.97571 (decimal degrees)
39°48'37" N, 82°58'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/330881/4408560 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Lockbourne
- Inventory number
- BH 60250 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 14, 2014: Added by Dave King
Sources
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com