Portage River Bascule Bridge
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member buffalohiker
N 41° 30.911 W 082° 56.580
17T E 337865 N 4597772
The Portage River Bascule Bridge, on West Lakeshore Drive (State Route 163) in Port Clinton was built in 1933 and rehabilitated in 1977.
Waymark Code: WM10RFA
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 06/16/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member veritas vita
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The Portage River Bascule Bridge has a metal deck girder, a movable double leaf bascule (with fixed trunnion). The approach Spans are fixed metal deck girders. It was built in 1933 by A. Bentley and Sons of Toledo, Ohio and Ohio State Highway Department. The length of largest span: 99.1 ft.; total length: 344.2 ft.; deck width: 40.0 ft.
Bridge Type: Drawbridge (Bascule Bridge)

Built: 01/01/1933

Span: 344'

Pedestrian Traffic: yes

Bicycle Traffic: yes

Vehicular Traffic: yes

Railway Traffic: no
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