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Blue Rock Road Bridge (Old)
Description
Likely a Whipple through truss. The HAER report for the 1914 span states that the previous bridge was built in 1884. Henry Grattan Tyrell's book "Highway Bridge over the Miami River at Elizabethtown, Ohio" says it was built in 1902 by J.H. Hilton.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Through truss bridge over Great Miami River on Blue Rock Road
- Location
- New Baltimore, Hamilton County, Ohio
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built in either 1884 or 1902 by J.H. Hilton; destroyed 1913 in flood; replaced 1914
- Builder
- - J.H. Hilton
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 465.0 ft.
- Also called
- New Baltimore Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.26320, -84.66737 (decimal degrees)
39°15'48" N, 84°40'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/701246/4348578 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 94775 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 18, 2021: Added by Paul Plassman
Sources
- Paul Plassman
- HAER OH-113 - Mostly about the 1914 span, but some info about this bridge as well
- Book - Has a historic list of longest truss spans including this bridge