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Overview

Color photos taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt
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Oblique view

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Deck view

Black-and-white photos taken 1992 by Joseph Elliott for the Historic American Engineering Record
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Anchorage

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Tower

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Plaque

1914
R.H.Strait Co. Eng.
A.T.Connar Dept.Eng.
G.L.Breithaupt Ins.
J.A.Swingle Cont.Co.
G.C.Melvin Supt.

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Suspension bridge over Muskingum River on OH 208 in Dresden
Location
Muskingum County, Ohio
Status
Bypassed and closed to all traffic
History
Built 1914 by the Bellefontaine Bridge & Steel Co.
Builder
- Bellefontaine Bridge & Steel Co.
Design
Eyebar suspension
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 443.0 ft.
Total length: 705.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.12066, -82.00026   (decimal degrees)
40°07'14" N, 82°00'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
ODOT 6005284 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
NRHP 78002153 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28141 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bellefontaine Bridge & Steel Co. (4)
Built 1914 (376)
Built during 1910s (3,558)
Closed (1,303)
Eyebar suspension (5)
HAER documented (284)
Muskingum County, Ohio (33)
Muskingum River (4)
NR-listed (1,469)
Ohio (1,645)
Owned by state (6,524)
Span length 250-500 feet (571)
Suspension (151)
Total length 500-1000 feet (996)

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Dresden Suspension Bridge
Posted February 12, 2007, by Cecil (cneigh01 [at] baker [dot] edu)

Pic of current bridge with old bridge from http://www.dot.state.oh.us/

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