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Kellogg Avenue Bridge

Hamilton County, Ohio

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Kellogg Avenue Bridge

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The Cincinnati Enquirer: September 4 1922

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BH Photo #450008

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Overview
Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Little Miami River on US 52 (Kellogg Avenue)
Location
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1922; damaged by flood during construction; opened in 1923; demolished in 1971
Builder
- Edward Scully Co.
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.08609, -84.42174   (decimal degrees)
39°05'10" N, 84°25'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/723000/4329495 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Newport
Inventory number
BH 71096 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1922 (667)
Built during 1920s (9,484)
Cincinnati, Ohio (45)
Edward Scully Co. (1)
Hamilton County, Ohio (97)
Lost (22,270)
Lost 1971 (61)
 Lost during 1970s (613)
Ohio (3,119)
Pennsylvania truss (436)
Replaced by new bridge (14,858)
Through truss (14,047)
Truss (31,238)
US 52 (35)

Update Log 

  • June 18, 2019: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • February 22, 2016: Added

Sources 

  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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Kellogg Avenue Bridge
Posted May 2, 2018, by rick shelton (shltn [dot] rck66 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The Singing Bridge under siege----floods from 1937,1948,1949,1952, and 1964.

Kellogg Avenue Bridge
Posted March 1, 2017, by rick shelton (shltn [dot] rck66 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Here are some shots of this thing receiving it's steel floor post '37 flood, early 70's by-pass and subsequent inglorious finale.

Kellogg Avenue Bridge
Posted February 24, 2016, by rick shelton (shltn [dot] rck66 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Glad to see this majestic old beast make the pages here. After 45 years, the Singing Bridge lives again. The utter heartbreak I felt as a 5 year old upon finding the broken form of this thing in the river led me to a lifelong hobby.