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Five Span Bridge (Old)
Description
Information on this bridge appears sketchy. The Paulding Journal in the Google Books link mentions that the substructure of a bridge at Junction was being built in June of 1875, and that an iron bridge at Junction lost two spans in an 1883 flood. Additionally, the 1876 edition of Engineering News-Record mentions that the Wrought Iron Bridge Co was then engaged in building a bridge at Junction. The Five Span bridge built in 1912-1913 reused a Wrought Iron Bridge Co. Whipple truss, possibly from this same bridge.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost truss bridge over Auglaize River on OH-637
- Location
- Junction, Paulding County, Ohio
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1875-76 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.; damaged by flood 1883; replaced 1912
- Builder
- - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- Design
- Five-span Whipple through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 700.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.19426, -84.44553 (decimal degrees)
41°11'39" N, 84°26'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/714212/4563468 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 98656 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 2, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added length, builder, and refined build date; also categories "Pin-connected", "One-lane traffic"
- June 23, 2022: Added by Paul Plassman