Cleves Warsaw Road Bridge

The Cleves Warsaw Road Bridge was a 244-foot-long camelback through truss that carried County Road 209 over Muddy Creek from 1923 to 2013. It was constructed by the Brackett Construction Company of Cincinnati, with plans completed by the Massillon Bridge and Structural Company and standard truss design elements developed by the Ohio Department of Highways, Bureau of Bridges. The bridge featured rolled steel members, riveted connections, and a cantilevered sidewalk. Camelback and Parker trusses have a distinctive sloping top chord and share the vertical structural members of the Pratt truss design patented in 1844 by Thomas and Caleb Pratt of Boston, Massachusetts. The sloping design of the Camelback and Parker truss variation used fewer materials, making them a cost-effective choice for spans longer than 200 feet. In 2008, the bridge was determined eligible for inclusion on the National Registry of Historical Places for technological significance by the Ohio Department of Transportation and State Historical Preservation Office as one of the last representative examples of camelback through trusses in Ohio. It was replaced in 2013 because of its deteriorated condition.

Mack, Ohio · United States