Facts
- Overview
- Lost open-spandrel arch bridge over Hocking River on OH 144 in Coolville
- Location
- Athens County, Ohio
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1930 by D.M. Overman and C.P. Smith; demolished 2006
- Design
- Open-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 153.9 ft.
Total length: 345.2 ft.
Deck width: 26.6 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.22500, -81.79167 (decimal degrees)
39°13'30" N, 81°47'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/431665/4342044 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Coolville
- Inventory numbers
- ODOT 503126 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
BH 27279 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 08/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 59.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
- 550
Comments
Hocking River OH 144 Bridge
The postmistress in Coolville told me, a few days ago, that this bridge has been gone for at least three years. Another person told me she didn't even remember it. I checked ths site from both sides of the river and find nothing remains.
DKO
Hocking River OH 144 Bridge
The bridge was demolished in 2006 and is being replaced by a new structure downstream.