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Overview

Photos taken 2004 by Gregory S. Hamilton
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Historic marker

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Overview
Bowstring through truss bridge originally located over Wills Creek on TR 144 in Coshocton County and relocated to Newark just off Country Club Drive
Location
Newark, Licking County, Ohio
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1872 by the Coshocton Iron Works using a design patented in 1841 by Squire Whipple. Relocated in 1998.
Builder
- Coshocton Iron Works
Design
Wrought and cast iron, 9-panel bowstring through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 101.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Squire Whipple Bowstring Truss Bridge (name on historic marker)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.06814, -82.44053   (decimal degrees)
40°04'05" N, 82°26'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/377157/4436314 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Newark
Inventory numbers
NRHP 98000442 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 27878 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (2,068)
Bowstring through truss (32)
Bowstring truss (73)
Built 1872 (23)
Built during 1870s (313)
Coshocton Iron Works (1)
HAER documented (377)
Licking County, Ohio (26)
NR-listed (1,565)
Newark, Ohio (3)
Ohio (1,682)
Open to pedestrians (503)
Relocated (148)
Through truss (5,552)
Total length 100-125 feet (2,507)
Truss (16,267)

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