Dedication Ceremony for Zoarville Station Bridge

Photo by permission "Camp Tuscazoar Foundaiton 2001".

A public dedication ceremony will be held on September 15th at 11:00 AM at the bridge site. Click map for directions. Be sure to visit this one-of-a-kind Fink truss bridge even if you can't make the opening date!

In the midst of the recent losses of the Howard and Prospect bridges it's wonderful to witness the completion of this significant bridge preservation project. It was achieved through the great perseverance of those involved! Hopefully this example will signal the vitalization of historic iron and steel bridge preservation to raise it to the status already realized by covered bridges.

Prospect Ohio Bridge Being Replaced

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Demolition of this 1913 Parker Pinned Through bridge on SR-47 in Prospect has been completed in order to make way for a concrete and steel replacement. With its removal this small town probably lost its only noteworthy attraction! However, according to an ODOT spokesman quoted in the Columbus Dispatch the replacement promises to be "nicer". History will have to be the judge of that!

The Howard Bridge Site

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This is what's left at the Howard Bridge location 7/1/2007. I was unable to find any "scrap" metal from the bridge. The center pier has been completely removed but you can see the abutments are fairly intact.