Facts
- Overview
- Open-spandrel arch bridge over Hocking River on OH 144 in Coolville
- Location
- Athens County, Ohio
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1930 by D.M. Overman and C.P. Smith
- Design
- Open-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 153.9 ft.
Total length: 345.2 ft.
Deck width: 26.6 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.22500, -81.79167 (decimal degrees)
39°13'30" N, 81°47'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/431665/4342044 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Coolville
- Inventory numbers
- ODOT 503126 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
BH 27279 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 08/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 59.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
- 550
Comments
Hocking River OH 144 Bridge
The postmistress in Coolville told me, a few days ago, that this bridge has been gone for at least three years. Another person told me she didn't even remember it. I checked ths site from both sides of the river and find nothing remains.
DKO
Hocking River OH 144 Bridge
Bridge is gone, photo from top of the hill
Hocking River OH 144 Bridge
The bridge was demolished in 2006 and is being replaced by a new structure downstream.