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North Branch Turtle Creek TR 214 Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 41.579213,-83.319914

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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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Packer Creek CR 123 Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 41.542778,-83.300000

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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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Packer Creek TR 7 Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 41.530295,-83.339285

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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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Portage River Bridge (1933)

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 41.515287,-82.942784

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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

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Portage River Bridge

Boat about to pass under the open drawbridge.

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013

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Portage River Bridge

Closed for motor traffic

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in February 2014

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Portage River bridge

Operator's house

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

343377

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Portage River Bridge

Whole view

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

344300

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Portage River Bridge

Side view

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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Portage River Bridge

Port Clinton

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

344570

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Portage River Bridge

Down town Port Clinton

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

367945

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Photo taken by Janis Ford in April 2013

367946

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Photo taken by Janis Ford in April 2013

367947

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Photo taken by Janis Ford in April 2013

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

476492

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

476493

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

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OH51 Portage River Bridge

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 41.476667,-83.295000

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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

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Elmore Bridge

Photo taken by Jon Stinchcomb

493001

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Elmore Bridge

Photo taken by Jon Stinchcomb

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Toussaint Creek CR 19 Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 41.544662,-83.260905

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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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West Bayou OH 105 Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 41.508056,-83.155000

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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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Wolf Creek TR 111 Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 41.496786,-83.164292

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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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NS - Port Clinton Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 41.515634,-82.963578

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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

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Portage River Railroad Bridge

Trains passing through

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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Portage River Railroad Bridge

Opposite view

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Norfolk Southern Chicago Line railroad bridge

Showing two tacks

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2013

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NS Portage River Railroad Bridge

Open for boat traffic about to lower.

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in October 2013

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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

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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

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Close view

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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Trains about to pass through

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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Near Lakeshore Drive

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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Closer view

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Opposite view

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NS - Port Clinton Bridge

Lowering after a boat passage

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2015

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NS - Port Clinton Bridge

Lowered

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2015

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NS - Port Clinton Bridge

Close view

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NS - Port Clinton Bridge

Closed

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357833

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NS - Port Clinton Bridge

Raised for boats

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016

357834

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016

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NS - Port Clinton Bridge

Design Plan

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in August 2016

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Viewed from the north

Taken at Max zoom for my camera

Photo taken by Janis Ford in October 2016

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Train enters bridge

Photo taken by Janis Ford in April 2013

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Train continues across bridge

Photo taken by Janis Ford in October 2016

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Viewed from the south

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Photo taken by Janis Ford in April 2013

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NS - Port Clinton Bridge

Raised for boat traffic in spring and summer seasons

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2018

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2020

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Photo taken by Mark and Raquel

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NYC - Port Clinton Bridge

appears to be a construction photo

Photo from old postcard

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NYC - Sandusky Bay Bridge (Old)

Status: No longer exists

Location: 41.484770,-82.818938

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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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Cleveland State University Library Photograph Collection

Photo taken by Richard J. Cook

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NYC - Sandusky Bay Bridge

Bridge destroyed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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Photo taken by Steve LaConte in January 2018

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Sandusky Bay Lift Bridge

Status: Replaced by a new bridge towers removed

Location: 41.481019,-82.828173

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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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Sandusky Bay Bridge

Mahinery and counterweight removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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Cleveland State University Library Photograph Collection

Postcard

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Sandusky OH lift bridge

Cleveland State University Library Photograph Collection

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in February 2015

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Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in January 2019

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NS - Oak Harbor Drawbridge

Status: Open to traffic fixed in place

Location: 41.506862,-83.149854

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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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NYC - Portage River Bridge

OHio

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013

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NS - Portage River Bridge

Swing bridge fixed in place

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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NS - Oak Harhor Drawbridge

Closed shut

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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Cleveland State University Library Photograph Collection

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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TPC&L - Portage River Bridge

Status: Removed but not replaced

Location: 41.506312,-83.147227

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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

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Scanned by the Internet Archive Book Images

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TPC&L - Portage River Bridge

Removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2015

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TPC&L - Portage River Bridge

Photo from old postcard

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TPC&L - Little Portage River Bridge

Status: Removed

Location: 41.493696,-83.047693

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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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Portage River Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 41.504558,-83.144802

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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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NYC - Sandusky Bay Bridge (1929)

Status: No longer exists

Location: 41.484328,-82.818653

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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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Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2015

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438077

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Photo provided by OhioLINK Digital Resource Commons

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Rocky Ridge Road-Toussaint Creek Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 41.549403,-83.212497

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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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Moline Martin Road-South Branch Turtle Cree Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 41.558892,-83.338400

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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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Edison Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 41.481353,-82.834599

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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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Edison Bridge

Distant elevation

Photo taken by the Association for Bridge Construction and Design

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Edison Bridge

View beside bridge

Photo taken from Mapio

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NYC - Portage River Bridge (Old)

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 41.515659,-82.963484

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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

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Photo taken by BGSU Univesity Libraries

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Photo taken by BGSU Univesity Libraries

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NYC - Portage River Bridge

Tech drawing from Douglas Butler

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2020

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Postcard

Photo taken by David P. Oroszi

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Portage River Bridge (Pre 1933)

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 41.514823,-82.942498

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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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Photo taken by BGSU Univesity Libraries

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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.

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