St Marys River Bridge

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Facts 

Overview

1887 Columbia Bridge Co. Whipple through truss bridge originally located over St Marys River on Gallman Road. Superstructure restored and relocated elsewhere.

Location

Mendon, Mercer County, Ohio

Status

Removed from this location and replaced by a new bridge. The removed superstructure was subsequently restored (including replicating the finials and date blocks) and relocated to a park in Newark, OH (Licking Co.)

History

Built 1887; rehabilitated 1970; 1992. Subsequently restored and relocated in a park in Licking County Ohio

Builders

- Columbia Bridge Co. of Dayton, Ohio (successors to) [also known as Columbia Bridge Works]
- Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio (AKA)
- D.H. & C.C. Morrison of Dayton, Ohio [also known as Columbia Bridge Works]

Design

Wrought-iron, pin-connected, 11-panel Whipple through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 151.9 ft.
Total length: 152.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.

Recognition

Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.66473, -84.46567   (decimal degrees)
40°39'53" N, 84°27'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/714228/4504628 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Elgin

Inventory numbers

ODOT 5457467 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 54814 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 17, 2021: Updated by Art Suckewer: amended overview from pony truss to Whipple through truss
• May 30, 2021: Updated by Art Suckewer: Fixed from lost pony truss to relocated CBW Whipple Through Truss
• December 5, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Related Bridges 

• Gallman Road Bridge (Parts reused in)

Sources 

• Luke
• Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com

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