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

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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

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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 Unawareā€¯ 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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Postcard, collection of David Denenberg

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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Photo by Wayne Grodkiewicz


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