Piqua Utilities Bridge
Description
May have carried a pipeline or conduit at one time as the walkway only takes up part of the bridge's width. Trusses are very lightweight and the bridge is restricted to 1 person at a time.Facts
- Overview
- Parker through truss bridge over Great Miami River on Great Miami River Trail
- Location
- Piqua, Miami County, Ohio
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- Future prospects
- Replacement pedestrian bridge to be constructed downstream 2022-2023
- History
- Built sometime between 1959 and 1972
- Design
- 16 panel bolted Parker through truss span with polygonal top chord and through plate girder approaches.
- Also called
- Great Miami River Trail Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.13245, -84.23591 (decimal degrees)
40°07'57" N, 84°14'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/735500/4446120 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 93958 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 16, 2021: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added built range based on historic aerials
- November 13, 2021: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added truss type
- August 29, 2021: Updated by Paul Plassman: Changed name per link in forum comment and added future prospects
- August 20, 2021: New Street View added by Paul Plassman
- August 18, 2021: Added by Paul Plassman
Comments
That's too bad. A modern prefabricated bridge may do the job just as well, but it will never be as interesting. This bridge is somewhat of an experience because it is extremely narrow and quite high up (and the one person limit sign adds a little to the thrill!). Also, it is right downstream of the Piqua power plant dam, whereas the location for the new bridge appears to be much farther downstream.
Now that I know this bridge may not be accessible much longer I'm extra glad I visited it when I did!
Doesn't sound good!
A shame because this is a fairly old and rather unique pedestrian bridge. It could certainly be repaired and the deck widened... as it appears to have originally been built.
I believe this is the utilities bridge mentioned, so the trail on it is doomed, but I doubt the bridge itself is.
https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odot/proj...
I believe this bridge is doomed.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/oh/miami/bh93958/
The park they're talking about building the MOB in is to the south of this bridge. I have a feeling that it's not going to be demolished, given that it's a utility structure, but the stairs will either be blocked off or removed entirely.