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Purdy Road Bridge

Mercer County, Ohio

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Little Black Creek on Purdy Road (TR 206)
Location
Mercer County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1913 by the New Bremen Bridge Co.
Builder
- New Bremen Bridge Co. of New Bremen, Ohio
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 46.9 ft.
Total length: 48.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.67000, -84.70500   (decimal degrees)
40°40'12" N, 84°42'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/693980/4504657 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rockford
Inventory numbers
ODOT 5432367 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 28028 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1913 (919)
Built during 1910s (10,070)
Lost (29,894)
Lost 2007 (350)
Lost during 2000s (4,439)
Mercer County, Ohio (47)
New Bremen Bridge Co. (5)
Ohio (4,649)
 Owned by county (21,707)
Pony truss (17,218)
Replaced by new bridge (20,333)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,351)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,613)
Truss (36,669)
Warren pony truss (3,595)
Warren truss (7,089)

Update Log 

  • December 26, 2020: Updated by Josh Schmid: Bridge replaced in 2007

Sources 

  • Josh Schmid
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Purdy Road Bridge
Posted September 14, 2009, by Janis Ford (jford3 [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com)

9/13/09 - Bridge has been replaced