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IORY - Quincy High Bridge

Logan County, Ohio

Photos 

IORY - Quincy High Bridge

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals bridge over Cr73 and Great Miami River on Dt&I Railroad
Location
Logan County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1911
Railroads
- Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad (DTI)
- Indiana & Ohio Railway (IORY)
Design
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 1,192.0 ft.
Also called
DT&I - Quincy High Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.30860, -83.97407   (decimal degrees)
40°18'31" N, 83°58'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/247262/4466254 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
De Graff
Inventory numbers
ODOT 4636783 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 54845 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (16,885)
Built 1911 (815)
Built during 1910s (9,970)
Deck truss (1,925)
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad (33)
Great Miami River (94)
Indiana & Ohio Railway (35)
Logan County, Ohio (52)
Ohio (4,189)
Open (40,968)
Owned by railroad (13,501)
 Pin-connected (4,697)
Railroad (16,459)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,419)
Steel stringer (6,713)
Tall Bridges (327)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,994)
Truss (35,469)
Warren deck truss (667)
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals (77)
Warren truss (7,002)

Update Log 

  • October 22, 2021: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added category "Great Miami River"
  • September 18, 2021: New photos from Paul Plassman
  • August 28, 2020: Updated by Matthew Hemmer: made map pin more accurate
  • April 6, 2020: New photos from Matthew Hemmer
  • November 17, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • May 9, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • December 7, 2012: Updated by J.P.: Added categories "Pin-connected", "railroad"

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Matthew Hemmer - matthemmer1994 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Paul Plassman
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IORY - Quincy High Bridge
Posted September 18, 2021, by Paul Plassman

A magnificent structure, but so shrouded in trees that a visit when the leaves are off is absolutely necessary, and even then it is hard to get a good look at anything approaching the whole of this trestle.