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Key Facts |
Bridge Name | Type | Road | Location | City | Crossing |
| Fairview-Snodgrass Road Bridge | Truss | Fairview-Snodgrass Road | Miami County, OH | Rural | Spring Creek |
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Technical Facts |
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Construction Date |
Rehabilitation Date | Structure Length | Roadway Width |
| 1913 | 1954 | 69 Feet | 15.4 Feet |
This is a six panel pin connected half-hip Pratt pony truss. This is a decent length for a half-hip bridge, and one unusual thing to note is that the trusses are not very high for a bridge of this length. The deck of the bridge is wooden with an asphalt wearing surface. The abutments are originally stone, but cement has been added in places.There have been buttresses/outriggers welded onto to the bridge, which appear to have coincided with replacing the floor beams on the bridge. Together these modifications form a major modification to the structure. Also, original railings do not remain on the bridge, with modern Armco railings added instead. I located an Illinois steel stamp on the bridge's vertical members, which also look replaced, as they are simple i-beams, and I noted weld marks around the connections, suggesting they are new. If so, this bridge has very poor historic integrity. On another note, I found sections of a truss bridge top chord laying under the bridge near the abutments, and I have no idea what they are doing. One is leaning up against the abutment, and another is laying on the dirt near the abutment. The top chord and end posts of the bridge are the one part that looked original to me., so I am guessing they came from some other poor bridge that was demolished. I have no clue how or why they ended up here.
If the rehabilitation date of 1954 is reflective of these modifications, they were done long before this bridge would have been considered historic. As it sits today however, I still found this to be a very attractive bridge, and I got some excellent photos of it. The bridge still has a great deal of aesthetic value, and should be maintained and preserved.
