Some Fine Examples of Bridge Preservation

Rommels Mill Bridge, Richland County, 2007

In 1913, this bridge replaced a covered bridge that was swept away in a massive flood. An adjacent 19th century water powered gristmill survived the flood but is succumbing to “time” and is in a state of deterioration.

Richland Engineering Ltd., of Mansfield, designed the rehab work. Ohio Bridge Corp. was the contractor. Work began in the summer of 2005 by disassembling the truss, hauling it to the Ohio Bridge Corp. yard where the deteriorated sections where removed and replaced with new members. The entire bridge was galvanized, then returned to the project site and re-erected. A single lane concrete deck was poured. It was reopened in May 2006 as a 100% load legal one-lane bridge.


Oxford Road Bridge, Hamilton County (Photo Brian Rhodes, 2007)

The respective counties deserve recognition for these two fine recent examples of historic bridge preservation. The off-site reconstruction was done by US Bridge, Cambridge, Ohio.

Dedication of the Buckskin Covered Bridge

Photo: Don O'Brien 3/2007

The renovated Buckskin CB in Ross County will be dedicated on October 14, 2007 at 2:00 PM. The bridge is an 1873 Howe Truss. It is located West of South Salem on CR 54 (Broadway St.) 0.4 miles west from jct with Stewart St. (39 20.04, -83 18.85) Click here for map

NOTE added ... We had the wrong date on the dedication ceremony. It WAS September 17th Sorry if you wanted to attend and missed it!

Mark Road Bridge to Reopen in August!

Photo: Rod LeMasters 7/2007

US Bridge, Cambridge Ohio has been undertaking a major off-site rehabilitation of the Mark Road Bridge from Fayette County (SFN 2400958). It's over Sugar Ck. just east of US 62. This is an old iron Pratt pinned through truss bridge built in 1883 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. Rod LeMasters reports that the bridge is scheduled for reopening by the County Engineer on August 20.

Photo added 8/2007