Historic Bridges
of the United States
Fosnaugh Bridge
Fairfield County
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Ohio
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Overview
These photos from the Historic American Engineering Record show the bridge when it was still in use [Photos taken July 1986 by Louise Taft Cawood]
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Facts
Overview
Lost bedstead pony truss bridge over Scippo Creek on Fosnaugh Road (TR 128) south of Stoutsville
Location
Fairfield County
,
Ohio
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1891 by the Hocking Valley Bridge Works
Builder
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Hocking Valley Bridge Works
Design
Pin-connected, 4-panel Pratt bedstead pony truss with stone endposts
Dimensions
Total length: 52.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.59015, -82.82769
(decimal degrees)
39°35'25" N, 82°49'40" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/343055/4383865
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Stoutsville
Inventory number
BH 27535
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(2,068)
4-panel truss
(46)
Bedstead Pratt pony truss
(31)
Bedstead truss
(53)
Built 1891
(62)
Built during 1890s
(809)
Fairfield County, Ohio
(29)
HAER documented
(377)
Hocking Valley Bridge Works
(4)
Lost
(1,969)
Ohio
(1,682)
Owned by township
(1,229)
Pin-connected
(511)
Pony truss
(9,533)
Pratt pony truss
(535)
Pratt truss
(1,666)
Total length 50-75 feet
(5,061)
Truss
(16,267)
Update Log
November 9, 2005: Posted new photos
Sources
HAER OH-43
- Fosnaugh Truss Leg Bedstead Bridge
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