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Broadway-Wolf Creek Bridge (1894)

Montgomery County, Ohio

Photos 

Circa 1913

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BH Photo #428049

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Wolf Creek on N Broadway St
Location
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
8-panel, pinned Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.76039, -84.21494   (decimal degrees)
39°45'37" N, 84°12'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/738578/4404873 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 81623 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,628)
Built 1894 (256)
Built during 1890s (3,217)
Dayton, Ohio (47)
King Bridge Co. (440)
Lost (29,036)
Lost 1918 (38)
Lost during 1910s (672)
 Montgomery County, Ohio (77)
Ohio (4,290)
Owned by county (21,656)
Pratt through truss (6,127)
Pratt truss (10,402)
Replaced by new bridge (19,738)
Through truss (17,174)
Truss (35,919)

Update Log 

  • February 2, 2020: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • February 2, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type and confirmed builder as King
  • February 1, 2020: Updated by Art Suckewer: Added probable demo date, builder and photo
  • May 16, 2018: Added by Dana and Kay Klein

Sources 

  • Dana and Kay Klein
  • Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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Broadway-Wolf Creek Bridge (Older)
Posted February 2, 2020, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Those crazy cool finials are telltale to King.