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Ash Street Bridge (1895)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Great Miami River on Ash Street
- Location
- Piqua, Miami County, Ohio
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1895 by the Massillon Bridge Co.
- Builder
- - Massillon Bridge Co. of Massillon, Ohio
- Design
- Two-span, pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
- Also called
- Middle Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.15052, -84.22774 (decimal degrees)
40°09'02" N, 84°13'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/736134/4448148 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Piqua East
- Inventory number
- BH 59392 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 3, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added builder and build date and tweaked title accordingly
- August 12, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- September 17, 2018: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- October 2, 2016: Added photo from Diana Benton
- January 26, 2014: Updated by Don Morrison: Added category "Great Miami River"
Related Bridges
- Ash Street Bridge (Pre 1932) (Successor)
- Middle Bridge (1867) (Predecessor)
Sources
- Don Morrison
- Miami Consevancy - Image
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Geoff Hubbs
- The First Century of Piqua, Ohio - Google Books - Page 154
- Paul Plassman
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Art;
I added a page with my best guess as to the location of this bridge. It looks like the camera is looking SSW at this location in the picture you linked to.