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Photos

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Overview

Photos taken 2004 by Gregory S. Hamilton

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Deck view

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Portal

These photos from the Historic American Engineering Record show the bridge when it was still in use at its original location [Photos taken July 1986 by Louise Taft Cawood]

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Side view

Facts

Overview: Wrought-iron through truss bridge relocated to the Ohio University-Lancaster campus
Location: Fairfield County, Ohio
Status: Open to pedestrians only
Future prospects: Preserved
History: Originally built ca. 1884 by the Hocking Valley Bridge Works over Poplar Creek on Havenport Road near Carroll.
Builder: - Hocking Valley Bridge Works
Design: Wrought-iron, pin-connected, inverted bowstring through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 104.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.82931, -82.67414 (decimal degrees)
39°49'46" N, 82°40'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/356737/4410152 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Carroll
Inventory numbers: NRHP 78002060 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 27540 (Bridgehunter.com ID)