The Township Road 241 Bridge was a wrought iron Pratt through-truss that spanned the Blanchard River for 114 years. It originally stood on Township Road 241, now the western boundary of Riverbend Recreation Area. Cast iron plaques bolted to the top of two portals bear the names of the Hancock County commissioners who purchased the bridge and the company that built it in 1895. Its history survives in the metal members of the bridge, the wrought iron making process, and the fabrication methods used in its construction. In less than ten years after it was erected, ninety percent of highway bridges would be made of steel. Producing wrought iron required a high degree of skill from many iron craftsmen, and it could not compete with low-cost mass-produced steel. After fabrication, the bridge was likely painted with a mixture of lead and oil, then shipped from Canton, Ohio by rail. At a rail siding in Findlay, it would have been unloaded, secured to a wagon, and delivered to the erection site. When it was erected in 1895, iron truss bridges had become a common sight across the country, and this new span over the Blanchard River was seen as an improvement to Township Road 241.