Decorative drawing: a timber truss bridge spanning a river on stone piers, side elevation. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Smith Road Bridge

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,443 words across 11 pages, filed in 1980. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 80002973, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

received JUL 2 4 1980 1. Name and/or common 2. Location NW af between sections 28 and 29 in Lykens Township street & number BucYrus vic. X vicinity of 3. Classification _ district X public - unoccupied - agriculture - building(s) - private - park X structure work in progress - private residence _ religious _ object _ in process X transportation - military _ other: 4. Owner of Property city, town 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Ohio 44820 6. Representation in Existing Surveys has this property been determined elegible?
- yes x no 039 both Category Accessible code educational government Tiffin commercial Ownership museum industrial site state entertainment Bucyrus historic Status title Ohio being considered date entered Smith Road Bridge Inventory-Nomination Form Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Crawford County Commissioners Type all entries-complete applicable sections Public Acquisition Ohio Historic Inventory November 1979 Present Use _yes:unrestricted National Register of Historic Places 112 East Mansfield Street For HCRS use only Crawford County Courthouse (Engineer's Office) See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms United States Department of the Interior scientific - not for publication city, town Brokensword county - X yes: unrestricted .federal xstate - local Crawford date congressional district 4th-Tennyson Guyer FHR-8-300 (11-78) 7.
Description _ excellent X unaltered X original site X good _ moved date was built in 1890. ends of the trusses. The bridge is located over a ditch, and the height from grade to stream bed and 29 in Lykens Township, so it receives very little traffic and can be maintained Condition fair deteriorated unexposed in good repair. This is a bowstring arch truss bridge with five panels of varying lengths.It channels that make up the floor joists are bolted to the top of the floor beams. verticals as hangers and diagonal braces, Check one Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance

Description of the property

form an S-shaped design extending beyond the bowstring truss at each of the four is 10'.The channel width between banks is approximately 20',and the channel is a single span bridge that measures 45'6" out to out of the floor and has a clear of the bridge seats are 2'in width by 15'3"in length.The 6I-beams and2 depth is6'.The bridge is 1ocated on a township road between sections 28 ruins The decorative work on the bridge consists of curved metal decorations that No bridge company can be identified as the manufacturer of this bridge;it There are 4 intermediate floor beams spaced at the panel points;there are truss span of 41',so it is a very small example of this type of bridge.T the guards is 14'and the width out to out of the trusses is 15'2",giving a Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - prehistoric - archeology-historic .conservation - agriculture . sculpture .
architecture _ social/ X engineering - music X 1800-1899 . commerce exploration/settlement - - philosophy _theater -other (specify) Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) The Smith Road Bridge, located over a ditch on I.R. 62 in Lykens Township, is bowstring arch truss. As the oldest bridge, it is significant for its contribution to the history of transportation in the county; as the only example of this truss identified for the bridge through the county engineer's files, and there is no The bridge rests on stone wall abutments and spans a ditch at a height from the grade to the stream bed of 10'. 1600-1699 1890 1700-1799 1500-1599 1400-1499 economics education communications Builder/Architect humanitarian industry invention Period science 1900- this structure. military Specific dates major transportation artery in the county.No bridge making company can be it is also interesting because of the decorative S-shaped metal designs located 8.
Significance decorative element on a township road that is quite narrow and has never been a law literature clearance width of 14',with no sidewalks or approach slabs.It has five panels identifying plate on the structure. The bridge has a clear span of 4l' and a _ religion - politics/government X transportation type, it is significant for engineering. Although this is a very small bridge, art the oldest bridge in Crawford County and the only one in the county built with the ofvarying lengths with diagonal bracing and vertical hangers supporting the deck.
1890 rather than being built since the county records do not indicate the builder of in Crawford County in the 1870s.It is possible that this bridge was relocated in landscape architecture The bridge appears to be a King Patent Tubular Arch" built by the King Iron Bridge on each end of.the two.trusses.It is.especially interesting to find this kind 9.

The rest of the file

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

Major Bibliographical References Simmons, David. Interview, June 18, 1980. Quadrangle scale 1:24000 _ state 11. Form Prepared By street & number Ohio 44883 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _ national X local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 State Historic Preservation Officer signature 419-448-2804 code county Northing date Tiffin Zone name/title telephone Attest: Chief of Registration Crawford County Engineer's Office file on Steel Truss Bridges.Lykens Township.1969.
Heidelberg College less than l acre 22 February 1980 Verbal boundary description and justification List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Easting UMT References I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Acreage of nominated property 10. Geographical Data ACREAGE NOT VERIFIED property consista of bridge structure and abutments only Keeper of the National Registef 665),I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated The structure nominated is the bridge that sits on T.R.62between sections 28 and For HCRS use only 29of Lykens Township.The bridge is located north of S.R.100 over a ditch.Nominated city or town 1/80 Quadrangle name - according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.
GPO 938 Lykens organization Regional Preservation Office UTM NOT VERIFIED SHPO STEEL TRUSS BRIDGES OPEN STEEL TRUJS NO. OF APPROX. SAFE LOAD CAPACITY OF FLOOR SYSTEM MIN. HEIGHT OVER SIDES STD. DRAWING NO. TYPE OF TRUSSES LENGTH OF SPANS - C. TO C. LENGTH OF PANELS Bow STRING FLOOR BEAMS AND CONNECTIONS ZE RIVET HANG TRuss VERTICALS NO. LINES END JOISTS - LENGTH INCHES THICK ON CORRUGATED ARCHES OR BUCKLE PLATES FOUNDATIONS (PILING) WINGS (LENGTHS,ANGLES ETC.) 10-0 / 8-0 BRIDGE NO. ROAD NO. LYK - T0062-024/ SMITH ROAD 1969 THICKNESS CHANNEL FORWARD TOWNSHIP FLOOR SYSTEM DATE ECTIONS LENGTH KIND FABRICATOR SECTION STRIP ERS TAN REAR SPANS LYKENS SUB-STRUCTURE TYPE STREAM SUPERSTRUCTURE MATERIAL MEDIATE VARIES PANEL SUPPORTS BOLTED ING INCHES THICK BEAMS STONE SIZE INTER- FLOOR JOISTS AND PIERS DITCH CLEAR SPAN CONCRETE SLAB 15-3 CURVED POINTS WALL 20:0 NONE CONN - OF TRUSS FLOOD FLOW NO.
& SIZE RIVETS CONN.
TO TRUS 9I 233 CONDITION CLEARANCE ROADWAY BUILT SIZE-SHAPE-NET SECTION YES HEIGHT FROM GRADE TO BRIDGE SEAT WIDTH OF 410 CHORO SEE BACK T.R.62 14:0 18:0090° OCT71980 Photos - Inventory _ REVIEW UNIT CHIEF KEEPER OTHER CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST Maps HAER Send-back 2.3.81 Review Property Re-submit HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF Entered - TECHNICAL Regional Office: Heidelberg College Tiffin, Ohio 44883 7 1980 JUL 2 4 1980 Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin, Ohio Ohio Historic Preservation Office camera looking north Photo number 1/3 Smith Road Bridge August 1979 Lykens Township, Crawford County, Ohio Barb Powers OCT Truss work and road surface of bridge; Regional Office: Heidelberg College Tiffin, Ohio 44883 Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin,OF JUL 2 4 1980 Barb Powers August 1979 Ohio Historic Preservation Office Smith Road Bridge facing northeast Truss work on bridge on east side; camera Lykens Township, Crawford County, Ohio Photo number 2/ OCT OCT7 1980 Regional Office: Heidelberg College Tiffin, Ohio 44883 Photo number JUL 2 4 1980 Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ohio August 1979 camera facing northeast showing west side Truss work and stone abutments of bridge; Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin, Barb Powers OCT7 1980 Lykens Township, Crawford County, Ohio Smith Road Bridge OCT of bridge LYKENS QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGH LYKENS, OHIO OCT.
7 1980 Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Mr. Dellas H. Harder Columbus, Ohio 43211 Location Byers/bjr/10/30/80 STATE Name Acting State Historic Preservation Officer Bucyrus vicinity Also Notified Smith Road Bridge Crawford County Date Entered Honorable Tennyson Guyer Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue The Ohio Historical Society For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Lykens township, The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Crawford County and Ohio : Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Crawford County ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc, published 1881 - Lykens Township

Biographical Sketches

Perky's sons were among the pcatriotic young men who hastened to the defense of their country when her flag was insulted by traitorous hands. John enlisted in Co. G, 25th O. V. I., and served three yeai's, coming home uninjured. In 1862. Lewis and Franklin entered Company H, 55th O. V. I. Lewis was killed at the battle of Kosaca, Ga., and his ashes now repose in the National cemetery at Chattanooga, Tonn.

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