The Riverview Covered Pedestrian Bridge is a wooden
Pratt truss
A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...
covered bridge
A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
built beneath the
Smolen-Gulf Bridge, completed in 2016.
The new pedestrian covered bridge is long and wide. It is a Pratt truss design, like the Smolen-Gulf Bridge, and was designed by Smolen Engineering. It sits below Smolen Bridge in Indian Trails Park. It was dedicated on October 4, 2016.
Gallery
Image:Construction of the new Covered Pedestrian Bridge - panoramio (2).jpg
Image:Construction of the new Covered Pedestrian Bridge - panoramio (1).jpg
Image:Construction of the new Covered Pedestrian Bridge - panoramio (3).jpg
Image:Construction of the new Covered Pedestrian Bridge - panoramio - Michael A. Orlando.jpg
Image:Construction of the new Covered Pedestrian Bridge - panoramio - Michael A. Orlando (1).jpg
Image:Construction of the new Covered Pedestrian Bridge - panoramio.jpg
Image:Riverview Covered Bridge Interior - panoramio.jpg, Interior view
See also
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List of covered bridges in Ashtabula County, Ohio
References
Covered bridges in Ashtabula County, Ohio
Bridges completed in 2016
Pedestrian bridges in Ohio
Wooden bridges in Ohio
Pratt truss bridges in the United States
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