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Key Facts |
Bridge Name | Type | Road | Location | City | Crossing |
| North Street Bridge | Arch (Concrete) | North Street (SR-47) | Shelby County, OH | Sidney | Great Miami River |
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Technical Facts |
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Construction Date |
Structure Length | Spans | Roadway Width | Contractor |
| 1931 | 350.1 Feet | 3 | 29.86 Feet | D.H. Overman |
Perhaps it was because I always was headed down the roads where truss bridges crossed the water, but I found very few non-truss bridges on my southwestern Ohio trip. For some reason, I had thought they would just present themselves along the way by chance as I headed for the truss bridges, like they do in Michigan. This did not happen however. I am not complaining about the abundance of truss bridges however! This was one of the few non-truss bridges I happened upon. It is a three span concrete arch bridge. It features original balustrade railings, which have spalled so much at the base it is hard to believe they are not falling off the bridge. I assume that salt caused the damage. The bridge serves a full compliment of state highway traffic. Only one span actually crosses the river, the rest crosses the floodplain, which to my understanding can get out of hand during a flood season. Apparently, it once flooded so bad, that it washed away a railroad bridge back in the 1910s. It apparently annoyed the railroad company enough that they moved the bridge to a new site completely, resulting in the creation of the monumental Big Four Bridge. There are old piers visible to the North of this bridge, they might be remnants of the bridge. Going back to the arch bridge, I think it was built to span the floodplain to help let as much water as possible stay under the bridge where it belongs.
