Posted February 23, 2022, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)
This bridge was nearly identical to the Steubenville Market Street Bridge and Newell Suspension Bridge, which is why it is likely Edwin Kirtland Morse designed this bridge as well. Also, he was based in Pittsburgh during his consulting engineering portion of his career (this is one of the Morse family members who previously ran Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown).
This bridge was nearly identical to the Steubenville Market Street Bridge and Newell Suspension Bridge, which is why it is likely Edwin Kirtland Morse designed this bridge as well. Also, he was based in Pittsburgh during his consulting engineering portion of his career (this is one of the Morse family members who previously ran Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown).