Big Run Road Bridge on Big Run Road about one mile S/E of Gambier, in Knox County, Ohio off of Ohio Rt. 229. Intersected-Big Run Road. (Old Alignment) over Kokosing River. Construction Date-1915. Structure Length-194'. Main Span Length-190'. Structure Type: One Span, Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed. Builder/Contractor: Unknown. Rehabilitation Date-2010. Inventory Number-4232828. GPS: 40.357680, -82.385040.
Note: This bridge was bypassed and abandoned in 1994. It sat abandoned until 2010 when it was rehabilitated for pedestrian use. Sadly, during the rehabilitation, although the preservation of the bridge is a great outcome, it had shortcomings that could have been avoided, and still met the requirements of the crossing. Modern steel bolts were used instead of historically correct rivets. There was a very large amount of rivets replaced during the rehabilitation, so now it no longer looks like the original all riveted historical bridge. Now when viewing the bridge all you see are the mass amount of bolts; rivets are not only historically accurate, they are simply more pleasing to the eye. During rehabilitation, this bridge was hot dip galvanized.
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