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Oakgrove Road Bridge, Township Road 42 Spanning Little Miami River, Dodsonville, Highland County, OH

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Oakgrove Road Bridge, Township Road 42 Spanning Little Miami River, Dodsonville, Highland County, OH

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Summary

Significance: The Oakgrove Road Bridge is a 147' bowstring arch truss bridge. Such bridges were popular in the nineteenth century, especially in Ohio. This is an example of "Column Plate and Channel Arch Bridge" based on patents by David Hammond, Michael Adler and Job Abbott, and built by their company, the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton Ohio.
Survey number: HAER OH-96
Building/structure dates: 1874 Initial Construction

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Date

1969 - 1980

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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Wrought Iron Bridge Company

Hammond, Daniel

Adler, Michael

Abbott, Job

Madrid, transmitter

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Location

Dodsonville, 39.20229, -83.81465

Google Map of 39.2022853, -83.8146484

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Source

Library of Congress

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