Status: Open to traffic
Location: 41.579213,-83.319914
Carries TR 214 over North Branch Turtle Creek
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 34.1 Feet
Span Length: 22.0 Feet
Overview: Closed-spandrel arch bridge over North Branch Turtle Creek on TR 214
History: Built 1936
Built: 1936
Location: Ottawa County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 41.542778,-83.300000
Carries CR 123 over Packer Creek
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 36.1 Feet
Span Length: 18.0 Feet
Overview: Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Packer Creek on CR 123
History: Built 1940
Built: 1940
Location: Ottawa County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 41.530295,-83.339285
Carries TR 7 over Packer Creek
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 32.2 Feet
Span Length: 15.1 Feet
Overview: Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Packer Creek on TR 7
History: Built 1934
Built: 1934
Location: Ottawa County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 41.515287,-82.942784
Carries Route 163 (West Lakeshore Drive) over Portage River
Design: other
Design Details: Bascule
Total Length: 344.2 Feet
Span Length: 99.1 Feet
Overview: Bascule bridge over Portage River on Route 163 West Lakeshore Drive in Port Clinton
History: Built 1933; rehabilitated 1977 and 2017-18
Built: 1933
Location: Ottawa County
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282682
Portage River Bridge
Boat about to pass under the open drawbridge.
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013
282683
Portage River Bridge
Closed for motor traffic
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in February 2014
343376
Portage River bridge
Operator's house
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
343377
Portage River Bridge
Whole view
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
344300
Portage River Bridge
Side view
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
344567
Portage River Bridge
Port Clinton
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
344570
Portage River Bridge
Down town Port Clinton
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
367945
Photo taken by Janis Ford in April 2013
367946
Photo taken by Janis Ford in April 2013
367947
Photo taken by Janis Ford in April 2013
476491
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
476492
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
476493
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
476494
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
476495
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
477413
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
477414
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
477415
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
477416
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
477417
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
477418
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
477419
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
477420
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
477421
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 41.476667,-83.295000
Carries OH 51 over Portage River
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 282.2 Feet
Span Length: 76.1 Feet
Overview: Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Portage River on OH 51 in Elmore
History: Built 1926 by D.H. Overman; demolished and replaced 2020
Built: 1926
Location: Ottawa County
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493000
Elmore Bridge
Photo taken by Jon Stinchcomb
493001
Elmore Bridge
Photo taken by Jon Stinchcomb
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 41.544662,-83.260905
Carries CR 19 over Toussaint Creek
Design: truss/pony/warren
Design Details: Warren pony truss
Total Length: 86.9 Feet
Span Length: 84.0 Feet
Overview: Pony truss bridge over Toussaint Creek on CR 19
History: Built 1950 by the Ohio Bridge Corp.; rehabilitated 1975
Built: 1950
Location: Ottawa County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 41.508056,-83.155000
Carries OH 105 over West Bayou
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 29.9 Feet
Span Length: 14.1 Feet
Overview: Closed-spandrel arch bridge over West Bayou on OH 105 in Oak Harbor
History: Built 1939
Built: 1939
Location: Ottawa County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 41.496786,-83.164292
Carries TR 111 over Wolf Creek
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 37.1 Feet
Span Length: 24.9 Feet
Overview: Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Wolf Creek on TR 111
History: Built 1938
Built: 1938
Location: Ottawa County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 41.515634,-82.963578
Carries Norfolk Southern Railway over Portage River
Design: truss/through/baltimore
Design Details: Baltimore through truss Strauss Heel Trunnion
Total Length: 118.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Baltimore through truss bridge over Portage River on Norfolk Southern Railway
History: Built 1915
Built: 1915
Location: Ottawa County
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268538
Portage River Railroad Bridge
Trains passing through
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
268539
Portage River Railroad Bridge
Opposite view
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
268540
Norfolk Southern Chicago Line railroad bridge
Showing two tacks
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2013
268636
NS Portage River Railroad Bridge
Open for boat traffic about to lower.
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in October 2013
271888
NS Portage River Railroad Bridge
Bridge showing two girders on each side of the truss span, the first 4 track bridge constructed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2013
338846
Under Construction
From the "Proceeding of the 15th Annual Convention of the Railway Engineering Association Volume 15"; published in 1914
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923. Provided by Nathan Holth
343371
Close view
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
343372
Trains about to pass through
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
343373
Near Lakeshore Drive
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
343374
Closer view
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
343375
Opposite view
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
344037
NS - Port Clinton Bridge
Lowering after a boat passage
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2015
344038
NS - Port Clinton Bridge
Lowered
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2015
344564
NS - Port Clinton Bridge
Close view
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
344565
NS - Port Clinton Bridge
Closed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
357833
NS - Port Clinton Bridge
Raised for boats
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016
357834
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016
357835
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016
357836
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016
357837
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016
357838
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016
357839
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016
357840
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016
362634
NS - Port Clinton Bridge
Design Plan
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in August 2016
367940
Viewed from the north
Taken at Max zoom for my camera
Photo taken by Janis Ford in October 2016
367941
Train enters bridge
Photo taken by Janis Ford in April 2013
367942
Train continues across bridge
Photo taken by Janis Ford in October 2016
367943
Viewed from the south
Photo taken by Janis Ford in April 2013
367944
Photo taken by Janis Ford in April 2013
439414
NS - Port Clinton Bridge
Raised for boat traffic in spring and summer seasons
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2018
476496
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020
477932
Photo taken by Railroad Media Archive You Tube Video
477933
Photo taken by Railroad Media Archive You Tube Video
477934
Photo taken by Railroad Media Archive You Tube Video
477935
Photo taken by Railroad Media Archive You Tube Video
477936
Photo taken by Railroad Media Archive You Tube Video
477937
Photo taken by Railroad Media Archive You Tube Video
477938
Photo taken by Railroad Media Archive You Tube Video
477939
Photo taken by Railroad Media Archive You Tube Video
490445
Photo taken by Mark and Raquel
504000
NYC - Port Clinton Bridge
appears to be a construction photo
Photo from old postcard
Status: No longer exists
Location: 41.484770,-82.818938
Carries New York Central RR over Sandusky Bay
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Hinged lift type Deck girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Sandusky Bay on New York Central RR
History: Built in ? :replaced maybe in 1980
Built:
Location: Ottawa County
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382603
Cleveland State University Library Photograph Collection
Photo taken by Richard J. Cook
285194
NYC - Sandusky Bay Bridge
Bridge destroyed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
417260
Photo taken by Steve LaConte in January 2018
Status: Replaced by a new bridge towers removed
Location: 41.481019,-82.828173
Carries Edison Street over Sandusky Bay
Design: girder/deck
Design Details: Deck girder vertical lift
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Deck girder bridge over Sandusky Bay on Edison Street (State Route 269)
History: Built 1929; Replaced 1965
Built: 1929
Location: Ottawa County
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285195
Sandusky Bay Bridge
Mahinery and counterweight removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
416068
Cleveland State University Library Photograph Collection
Postcard
416069
Sandusky OH lift bridge
Cleveland State University Library Photograph Collection
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in February 2015
441023
Replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in January 2019
Status: Open to traffic fixed in place
Location: 41.506862,-83.149854
Carries Norfolk Southern Railway over Portage River
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Portage River on Norfolk Southern Railway
History: Built 1903
Built: 1903
Location: Ottawa County
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285255
NYC - Portage River Bridge
OHio
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013
343378
NS - Portage River Bridge
Swing bridge fixed in place
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
344299
NS - Oak Harhor Drawbridge
Closed shut
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
428346
Cleveland State University Library Photograph Collection
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 41.506312,-83.147227
Carries Toledo, Port Clinton, & Lakeside Railway over Portage River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 735.0 Feet
Span Length: 188.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Portage River on Toledo, Port Clinton, & Lakeside Railway
History: Built 1904; One span lost 1923, Removed 1946
Built: 1904
Location: Ottawa County
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323746
Scanned by the Internet Archive Book Images
324646
TPC&L - Portage River Bridge
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2015
485412
TPC&L - Portage River Bridge
Photo from old postcard
Status: Removed
Location: 41.493696,-83.047693
Carries Toledo, Port Clinton, & Lakeside Railway over Little Portage River
Design: unknown
Design Details: Don't know
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge over Little Portage River on Toledo, Port Clinton, & Lakeside Railway
History:
Built:
Location: Ottawa County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 41.504558,-83.144802
Carries Ohio Route 19 Locust Street over Portage River
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Portage River on Route 19 Locust Street
History:
Built:
Location: Ottawa County
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Status: No longer exists
Location: 41.484328,-82.818653
Carries New York Central Railroad over Sandusky Bay
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Sandusky Bay on New York Central Railroad
History: Built 1929 : replaced ?
Built: 1929
Location: Ottawa County
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343953
Replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2015
438075
438077
Photo provided by OhioLINK Digital Resource Commons
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 41.549403,-83.212497
Carries Rocky Ridge Road over Toussaint Creek
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 86.9 Feet
Span Length: 42.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over Toussaint Creek on Rocky Ridge Road
History: Built 1931
Built: 1931
Location: Ottawa County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 41.558892,-83.338400
Carries Moline-Martin Road over South Branch Turtle Cree
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 33.1 Feet
Span Length: 32.2 Feet
Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over South Branch Turtle Cree on Moline-Martin Road
History: Built 1936
Built: 1936
Location: Ottawa County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 41.481353,-82.834599
Carries Ohio State Route 269 over Sandusky Bay
Design: beam/stringer/concrete
Design Details: Concrete stringer
Total Length: 2047.0 Feet
Span Length: 89.9 Feet
Overview: Concrete stringer bridge over Sandusky Bay on Ohio State Route 269
History: Built 1965; rehabilitated 2007
Built: 1965
Location: Ottawa County
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470313
Edison Bridge
Distant elevation
Photo taken by the Association for Bridge Construction and Design
470314
Edison Bridge
View beside bridge
Photo taken from Mapio
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 41.515659,-82.963484
Carries New York Central Railroad over Portage River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Portage River
History: Replaced in 1915
Built:
Location: Ottawa County
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499823
Photo taken by BGSU Univesity Libraries
499824
Photo taken by BGSU Univesity Libraries
499835
NYC - Portage River Bridge
Tech drawing from Douglas Butler
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2020
501867
Postcard
Photo taken by David P. Oroszi
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 41.514823,-82.942498
Carries Lakeshore Drive over Portage River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Portage River on Lakeshore Drive
History: Replaced in 1933
Built:
Location: Ottawa County
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499825
Photo taken by BGSU Univesity Libraries
499836
Portage River Bridge (Old)
Tech drawing from Douglas Butler
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2020
Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.