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Marble Cliff Quarry - Scioto River Bridge

Franklin County, Ohio

Photos 

Photo taken by J.P.

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BH Photo #219679

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Scioto River on Abandoned Marble Cliff Quarry Tracks/Road
Location
Franklin County, Ohio
Status
Closed to all traffic
Design
Pinned Pratt Through Truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 280.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.99851, -83.08085   (decimal degrees)
39°59'55" N, 83°04'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/322368/4429666 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Southwest Columbus
Inventory number
BH 50043 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Closed (2,759)
Franklin County, Ohio (116)
Ohio (4,201)
Owned privately (1,929)
Pin-connected (4,715)
Pratt through truss (6,061)
Pratt truss (10,308)
 Rail-and-Road (397)
Railroad (16,463)
Scioto River (109)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,422)
Through truss (16,821)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,512)
Truss (35,508)

Update Log 

  • February 2, 2020: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: Added bridge owner
  • March 28, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • February 26, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Scioto River", "Rail-and-Road"
  • November 7, 2011: New photos from James McCray
  • November 5, 2011: Added by J.P.

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Marble Cliff Quarry - Scioto River Bridge
Posted July 10, 2021, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Reportedly to become/already has become part of a trail:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/04/11/marble-...

However, I have found no master plans confirming this development happened. General overviews show it was the plan, at least in 2020 (the overview in the above link shows this). I am not sure if this was part of the Marble Quarry Cliffs development, or project "QT". Also, two mismatched spans suggest this is not at the original location. I would guess these are 1890s spans.