Located in Cambridge, Ohio, where U.S. Route 40 crossed Crooked Creek, the stone arch bridge was constructed in 1828 as part of the National Road.
Located in Cambridge, Ohio, where U.S. Route 40 crossed Crooked Creek, the stone arch bridge was constructed in 1828 as part of the National Road. 2 It was one of several similar masonry bridges built in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Its history was also tied to Zane’s Trace, the earlier road through the region. In 1803, that trace crossed Crooked Creek a few hundred yards to the north, where logs may have been used to bridge the stream.
The bridge was built by Kinkeade & Beck 3 of cut stone of varying sizes laid in courses of one foot or more, and its floor was constructed of brick. 1
The bridge was bypassed in 1939 by a new alignment of U.S. Route 40, and the crossing was readapted as a county route. 4
Details
- State: Ohio
- Route: County Route 430; National Road
- Status: Active (Automobile)
- Type: Closed Spandrel Arch, Stone Arch
- Total Length: 87'
- Roadway Width: 20'
Sources
- Loveday, Amos J., Jr. “S” Bridge II. National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form, July 1972.
- Transportation Information Mapping System. Ohio Department of Transportation.
- “Historical.” Cambridge Jeffersonian, 29 Dec. 1904, p. 3.