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Overview: Pony truss bridge over Whetstone Creek on TR 136 (Newcomer Rd.)
Location: Morrow County, Ohio
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1874 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 2000
Builder: - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design: Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 81.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.54167, -82.86833 (decimal degrees)
40°32'30" N, 82°52'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/341782/4489556 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Mount Gilead
Inventory numbers: ODOT 5930146 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
BH 28132 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2007): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 18.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1992): 100

Whetstone Creek TR 136 (Newcomer Rd.) Bridge

Posted May 3, 2009, by Janis Ford (jford3 [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com)

GPS is 40 32 32N, 82 52 11W