Wheeler's Mill Bridge

Photo

Wheeler Mill Bridge

Scanned from a Scioto County map. The old bridge that is now in storage.

Photo taken Scioto County Engineers staff. (scanned by Don O'Brien)

BH Photo #145807

Map

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Description

A very unique bridge that may be the only remaining example of what was referred to as a Camelback Bowstring through truss. The slope of the upper chord is really more akin to a Parker truss, but the overall shape does give the appearance of a bowstring.

Replaced a covered bridge.

Facts

Overview: Camelback-"Bowstring" through truss bridge over Little Scioto River on TR 238
Location: Scioto County, Ohio
Status: Moved to Franklin County where it was restored and placed on the Alum Creek Trail.
History: Built by the Brackett Bridge Co. in 1902, dismantled and moved to Franklin County where it was placed on a trail.
Builder: - Brackett Bridge Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio
Design: Camelback-"Bowstring" through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 153.9 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: TR 238-Little Scioto River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.82584, -82.84904 (decimal degrees)
38°49'33" N, 82°50'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/339490/4299074 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Minford
Inventory numbers: ODOT 7334303 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 28352 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

November 6, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added information about relocation of this unique bridge.
September 1, 2009: New photo from Don O'Brien

Sources

Don O'Brien - dok97 [at] frontier [dot] com
Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com