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Key Facts |
Bridge Name | Type | Road | Location | City | Crossing |
| Fredericktown Bridge | Truss | Midland Fredericktown Road | Columbiana County, OH | Fredericktown | Little Beaver Creek North Fork |
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Technical Facts |
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Construction Date |
Rehabilitation Date |
Structure Length | Roadway Width | Builder |
| 1893 | 2004 | 121 Feet | 12.5 Feet | Penn Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, PA |
This bridge has been partially restored. The deck and lower portion of the trusses have been renovated extensively. However no work appears to have been done to the rest of the bridge, nor has a paint job been done to blend in the new parts o the bridge with the old. The bridge is one of two remaining Penn Bridge Company truss bridges in the county. This bridge retains builder plaques on it. There is v-lacing on the verticals and the sway bracing. The pin connected Pratt through truss has eight panels. Modern Armco railings are present on the bridge. Above those railings are lattice railings that are apparantly reproductions made of galvanized steel. I don't totally understand the railing story, since all the railings look galvanized, but some sections are fastened together with rivets, while other sections are simply welded. You would expect welds all around on modern reproduction railings. Either way, I am unsure why some are welded and some are riveted. Part of the repair appears to have been to replaced part of a vertical member, which may have been damaged in an accident or was simply too far rusted to deal with.
