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West Columbus Street Bridge
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West Columbus Street Bridge
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in June 2015
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BH Photo #341559
Description
NBI lists this pony as being built in 1879. It is the only known example of the work of the Ohio Bridge & Iron Works Company from Urbana.
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over Indiana & Ohio Railway on West Columbus Street
- Location
- West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic
- Builder
- - Ohio Bridge & Iron Works Co. of Urbana, Ohio
- Design
- Pinned Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 68.9 ft.
Total length: 75.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.25339, -83.76323 (decimal degrees)
40°15'12" N, 83°45'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/264990/4459545 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Bellefontaine
- Inventory numbers
- ODOT 4660005 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 70034 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 29, 2021: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added builder per David Simmons
- August 21, 2016: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added category "Skewed"
- November 18, 2015: Added by Jack Schmidt
Sources
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Nathan Holth
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gaylenblosser/28314872967/
Side view of the bridge. Apparently NBI dates this bridge to 1879? I am not sure, but this bridge could have a long history.