Harmar Foot Bridge
A few more photos of my favorite old rusty bridge. The Harmer foot bridge is the former B&O railroad bridge and spans the Muskingum River between Marietta Ohio and Harmar Ohio. The stone piers it sits on were built in 1859 for a previous version that was washed away in a big flood, but this iron version was constructed in 1913. The bridge has a unique feature, One of its spans is able to rotate on a big cogged gear to let ships taller than the bridge navigate up the Muskingum River. The gear is visible atop the closest stone pier in the photo showing a more side view. The bridge was rotated as recently as 2015 to allow the sternwheel barge pusher W.P. Snyder out to go and be refurbished and then again upon its return.
The walkway not really visable in these views is used by up to 200 people a day.
Harmar Foot Bridge
A few more photos of my favorite old rusty bridge. The Harmer foot bridge is the former B&O railroad bridge and spans the Muskingum River between Marietta Ohio and Harmar Ohio. The stone piers it sits on were built in 1859 for a previous version that was washed away in a big flood, but this iron version was constructed in 1913. The bridge has a unique feature, One of its spans is able to rotate on a big cogged gear to let ships taller than the bridge navigate up the Muskingum River. The gear is visible atop the closest stone pier in the photo showing a more side view. The bridge was rotated as recently as 2015 to allow the sternwheel barge pusher W.P. Snyder out to go and be refurbished and then again upon its return.
The walkway not really visable in these views is used by up to 200 people a day.