This is a single suspension bridge from the Bridgemeister historical inventory of suspension bridges.
1868: Calloway's Ford
Elizabethtown vicinity, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Whitewater River
| Bridgemeister ID: | 68 (added before 2003) |
| Year Completed: | 1868 |
| Name: | Calloway's Ford |
| Also Known As: | Whitewater, Harrison's |
| Location: | Elizabethtown vicinity, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA |
| Crossing: | Whitewater River |
| Coordinates: | 39.183116 N 84.792638 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Principals: | John Gray, Morse, Young |
| References: | EOV |
| Use: | Vehicular |
| Status: | Removed, 1920 |
| Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
| Main Span: | 1 x 144.8 meters (475 feet) |
| Deck width: | 22 feet |
Notes:
- This bridge was located where present-day Suspension Bridge Road crosses the Whitewater River next to I-275 and north of US50. According to information provided by Sharon Lutz from Marjorie Byrnside Burress, this bridge was renamed "Harrison's Suspension Bridge" in 1891. This should not be confused with the nearby suspension bridge at Harrison.
- According to the information provided by Sharon Lutz from Marjorie Byrnside Burress, "Crossing this bridge was the main thoroughfare from Indiana into Ohio for many years (US 50 was not completed by then). [In 1920] it was decided that the Suspension Bridge had become obsolete and could no longer safely withstand the weight of vehicles. [On May 19, 1920] the cables were severed by means of an oxygen flame, the weight of the cables pulled down some towers. Other towers were weakened by dynamite at their bases and later they were pulled down by the weight of the cables severed at one end with an oxygen flame."
- See 1873 Harrison - Harrison, Ohio and Dearborn County, Indiana, USA.
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