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Blanchard River CR 53 Bridge

Hancock County, Ohio

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Note: The following information comes from the National Bridge Inventory and has not been verified.
Overview
Through truss bridge over Blanchard River on CR 53
Location
Hancock County, Ohio
Status
Gone
History
Built 1896 by the Toledo Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1962
Builder
- Toledo Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio [also known as Smith Bridge Co.]
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 149.0 ft.
Total length: 154.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.03333, -83.84333   (decimal degrees)
41°01'60" N, 83°50'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/260978/4546352 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
McComb
Inventory numbers
ODOT 3231925 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 27631 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,360)
Built 1896 (289)
Built during 1890s (3,192)
Corrugated deck (488)
Hancock County, Ohio (49)
Lost (28,446)
Lost 2005 (455)
Lost during 2000s (4,406)
Ohio (4,181)
 Owned by county (21,607)
Pratt through truss (6,054)
Pratt truss (10,292)
Smith Bridge Co. (111)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,416)
Through truss (16,760)
Toledo Bridge Co. (46)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,185)
Truss (35,433)

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Blanchard River CR 53 Bridge
Posted October 28, 2007, by Janis Ford (jford3 [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com)

Bridge was closed & falling apart when I visited it 03/30/2003.