Suspension Bridges Crossing Scioto River
This is a list of all 4 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Scioto River. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.
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1858: Portsmouth
Portsmouth, Ohio, USA - Scioto River
| Bridgemeister ID: | 57 (added before 2003) |
| Year Completed: | 1858 |
| Name: | Portsmouth |
| Location: | Portsmouth, Ohio, USA |
| Crossing: | Scioto River |
| Principals: | E.B. Gray |
| References: | EOV |
| Status: | Collapsed, 1859 |
Notes:
- Replaced by 1861 Portsmouth - Portsmouth, Ohio, USA.
1861: Portsmouth
Portsmouth, Ohio, USA - Scioto River
| Bridgemeister ID: | 61 (added before 2003) |
| Year Completed: | 1861 |
| Name: | Portsmouth |
| Location: | Portsmouth, Ohio, USA |
| Crossing: | Scioto River |
| Principals: | Max J. Becker |
| References: | EOV |
| Status: | Removed |
Notes:
- Reconstruction of the 1858 Portsmouth bridge. A completion year of 1861 is assumed given information provided in EOV. Failed 1884.
- Replaced 1858 Portsmouth - Portsmouth, Ohio, USA.
1918: Camp Sherman
Chillicothe, Ohio, USA - Scioto River
| Bridgemeister ID: | 4956 (added 2020-08-08) |
| Year Completed: | 1918 |
| Name: | Camp Sherman |
| Location: | Chillicothe, Ohio, USA |
| Crossing: | Scioto River |
| Principals: | U.S. Army |
| Status: | Removed |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Suspended Spans: | 1 |
| Main Span: | 1 |
Notes:
- Provided access to the Camp Sherman rifle range which sat across the Scioto River from the main part of the campl.
- From an article "Came the False Armistice but Weary Soldiers Unaware” in the September 7, 1968 edition of the Xenia Daily Gazette: "The firing range at old Camp Sherman during World War 1 was a long march from camp to the base of historic Mt. Logan. It was reached by way of a narrow suspension bridge which swayed sickeningly to the measured tempo of the marching soldiers and was an experience in itself."
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2020: Dublin Link
Dublin, Ohio, USA - Scioto River
| Bridgemeister ID: | 3903 (added 2020-03-14) |
| Year Completed: | 2020 |
| Name: | Dublin Link |
| Location: | Dublin, Ohio, USA |
| Crossing: | Scioto River |
| Coordinates: | 40.102094 N 83.111697 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Principals: | Endrestudio, T.Y. Lin International, Kokosing Construction Co. |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2022) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
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