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Washington Street Bridge

Montgomery County, Ohio

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Photo taken by Ohio Historic Bridge Inventory

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BH Photo #283946

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Facts 

Overview
Lost seven-span arch bridge over Great Miami River on Washington Street in Dayton
Location
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1906; rehabilitated 1935
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 89.9 ft.
Total length: 620.1 ft.
Deck width: 36.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.75055, -84.19808   (decimal degrees)
39°45'02" N, 84°11'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/740057/4403825 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Dayton North
Inventory numbers
ODOT 5760062 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 28084 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,662)
Built 1906 (652)
Built during 1900s (7,649)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,261)
Dayton, Ohio (46)
Deck arch (11,898)
Great Miami River (94)
Lost (28,550)
 Montgomery County, Ohio (76)
Ohio (4,201)
Owned by city (6,086)
Replaced by new bridge (19,419)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,656)
Structurally deficient (12,877)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,064)

Update Log 

  • May 21, 2022: New photo from Paul Plassman
  • February 16, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • May 20, 2014: New photos from Nathan Holth

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Washington Street Bridge
Posted February 15, 2007, by James Adorno (adorno423 [at] aol [dot] com)

As I was driving in Dayton January 29, 2007. The bridge no longer exists.

Ashington Street Bridge
Posted August 23, 2006, by James Adorno (adorno423 [at] aol [dot] com)

The Washington Street bridge, built in 1906, will start to be torn down monday, Aug. 28th 2006. It was in the Dayton Daily News...most of the concrete arch bridges in the downtown dayton area will be torn down within the next 5 years. As Dayton being my hometown, this makes me sad :(