| Key Facts |
| Bridge Name | Facility Carried / Feature Intersected | Location | Structure Type | Construction Date / Builder or Contractor |
| Orient Bridge | OH-762 (Old Alignment) | Rural (Near Orient): Pickaway County, Ohio | Metal Pinned Whipple Through Truss, Stationary | 1885 By: Cleveland Bridge and Iron Company |
This bridge is a glorious structure and has stood for well over a century as a testimony to the skills of the Cleveland Bridge and Iron Company. It is a very ornate bridge, featuring large, decorative finials on top of the portal at the end posts. The builder plaques that remain on the bridge are also large and highly decorative in design. The portal bracing itself has a great deal of design as well featuring an arch shape at the bottom, and a design on the top that features patterns of circles in a cloverleaf-like fashion.
The bridge itself is a very large Whipple truss, with fifteen panels. Due to its length, the trusses are very high, and as a result this is a very impressive bridge to walk across. The bridge features v-lacing on the vertical members as well as under the top chord and end posts. With the exception of missing its original railings, this bridge retains a great deal of historic integrity.
As a long structure, utilizing the uncommon Whipple truss configuration, and as an old 1885 structure, this bridge is technologically significant. The bridge is also historically significant for its documented association with the Cleveland Bridge and Iron Company, one of a number of noted bridge companies to operate out of Cleveland.
