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Rockwood Avenue Bridge

Rockwood Avenue Bridge

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Most Recent Visit To Bridge: March 3, 2007

Key Facts
Bridge Name Facility Carried / Feature Intersected Location Structure Type Construction Date / Builder or Contractor
Rockwood Avenue Bridge Rockwood Avenue (OH-7) Over Symmes Creek Chesapeake and Huntington: Lawrence County, Ohio and Cabell County, West Virginia Metal Riveted Parker Through Truss, Stationary 1933 By: Lackawanna Steel Construction Corporation of Buffalo, New York
Technical Facts
Rehabilitation Date Structure Length Roadway Width Main Spans Approach Spans
1990 348 Feet (106.1 Meters) 34 Feet 10.4 Meters) 1 3 Steel Stringer

Utilizing i-beams for its members rather than built-up members that might include attractive v-lacing or lattice, this is a rather simple looking truss bridge, particularly for a 1933 example. Only the top chord and end post features lattice, which occurs on its underside. On the other hand, this is indeed a bridge that is unlike any modern bridge that might be built in its place, offering much more intricacy and history than a modern bridge would. Given the bridge's good condition, it is logical to continue to maintain this structure for both fiscal and aesthetic reasons.

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