The Massillon Bridge Company, most commonly abbreviated Massillon Bridge Co., was located in

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and founded by Joseph Davenport in 1869. The company became incorporated in 1887 and remained in operation through the early 1900s. Steel truss bridges built by the Massillon Bridge Co. can be found throughout the midwest. It designed and/or built the Lilley Road – Lower Rouge River Bridge and other historic bridges. NRHP-listed bridges that it designed and/or built include (ordered by state): * Fremont Mill Bridge, Pedestrian path over small pond in Central Park,

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(Massillon Iron Bridge Company) * Washington Mill Bridge, Creek Branch Ln. over Lytle Creek, Bernard, Iowa (Massillon Bridge Co.) * Lilley Road – Lower Rouge River Bridge, Lilley Rd. over Lower Rouge River, Canton Township, Michigan (Massillon Bridge and Structural Co.) * Sixth Street Bridge, spans Grand River between Newberry and 6th St.,

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(Massillon Bridge Company) *

Marantette Bridge The Marantette Bridge, also known as the Railroad Street Bridge, is a historic vehicle bridge, now closed to traffic, located at Railroad Street over the St. Joseph River in Mendon, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic P ...

, Railroad St., Buckner Rd. over St. Joseph River, Mendon, Michigan (Massillon Bridge Co.) *

Station Road Bridge The Station Road Bridge, near Brecksville, Ohio, was built in 1882. It spans the Cuyahoga River between Cuyahoga County and Summit County, Ohio. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The bridge was documented in the H ...

, E of Brecksville at

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, Brecksville, Ohio (Massillon Bridge Co.) *

Dey Road Bridge The Dey Road Bridge is a historic truss bridge that spans the Tiffin River near the city of Defiance, Ohio, United States. Built in the 1900s, it has been designated a historic site. In 1835, an early toll bridge across the Tiffin was built at t ...

, 0.35 mi. E of US 24,

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(Toledo-Massillon Bridge Co.) *

Dean Road Bridge The Dean Road Bridge on the Vermillion River is a historic Pratt truss bridge built in 1898. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It spans the Vermillion River between Erie Erie (; ) is a city on the south shore ...

, W of South Amherst at Dean Rd. and Vermilion River, in

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and in Birmingham, Ohio (Massillon Bridge Co.) *

Bridge Number 1 A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

, Johnson County, Indiana, over Nineveh Creek, 1885

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