Suspension Bridges Crossing Whitewater River
This is a list of all 4 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Whitewater 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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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.
1873: Harrison
Harrison, Ohio and Dearborn County, Indiana, USA - Whitewater River
| Bridgemeister ID: | 81 (added before 2003) |
| Year Completed: | 1873 |
| Name: | Harrison |
| Location: | Harrison, Ohio and Dearborn County, Indiana, USA |
| Crossing: | Whitewater River |
| Principals: | James W. Shipman and Co. |
| References: | EOV |
| Use: | Vehicular (one-lane) |
| Status: | Destroyed, 1913, by flood |
| Main Cables: | Wire |
Notes:
- See 1868 Calloway's Ford (Whitewater, Harrison's) - Elizabethtown vicinity, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA.
1988: (footbridge)
Richmond, Indiana, USA - Whitewater River
| Bridgemeister ID: | 2307 (added 2007-04-30) |
| Year Completed: | 1988 |
| Name: | (footbridge) |
| Location: | Richmond, Indiana, USA |
| Crossing: | Whitewater River |
| At or Near Feature: | Whitewater Gorge |
| Coordinates: | 39.83331 N 84.89902 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2007) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
2005: (footbridge)
Cambridge City, Indiana, USA - Whitewater River
| Bridgemeister ID: | 2306 (added 2007-04-30) |
| Year Completed: | 2005 |
| Name: | (footbridge) |
| Location: | Cambridge City, Indiana, USA |
| Crossing: | Whitewater River |
| At or Near Feature: | Creitz Park |
| Coordinates: | 39.81527 N 85.16978 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Principals: | Milestone Construction Co., Jim Sweet |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2008) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Notes:
- Replaced a 1928 suspension bridge at the same location which had been destroyed by heavy snow and debris, December 2004. This predecessor appears to have been a drooping bridge.
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