Carillon in Dayton in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Stewart Street Concrete Arch Bridge
1912 - 2008
Photographed by Michael Baker
1. Stewart Street Concrete Arch Bridge Marker
Inscription.
Stewart Street Concrete Arch Bridge. Always known as the Stewart Street Bridge, the seven span reinforced concrete steel arch bridge carried Stewart Street over the Great Miami River for most of the twentieth century. Built using the Melan System, an invention patented in 1893 that used steel arches encased in concrete, the bridge survived the devastating flood of 1913 and inspired other Ohio communities to replace bridges lost in the flood with concrete bridges. Like the Washington Street Bridge and the Monument Avenue Bridge that stood upstream from 1906 to 2006, and 1908 to 2008, respectively, the Concrete-Steel Engineering Company of New York designed the bridge. In 1912, Daytonians E.M Gephart and Robert E. Kline built the bridge. In 1994, the Ohio Department of Transportation and The Ohio Historic Preservation Office determined that the bridge was historically significant and eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
Always known as the Stewart Street Bridge, the seven span reinforced concrete steel arch bridge carried Stewart Street over the Great Miami River for most of the twentieth century. Built using the Melan System, an invention patented in 1893 that used steel arches encased in concrete, the bridge survived the devastating flood of 1913 and inspired other Ohio communities to replace bridges lost in the flood with concrete bridges. Like the Washington Street Bridge and the Monument Avenue Bridge that stood upstream from 1906 to 2006, and 1908 to 2008, respectively, the Concrete-Steel Engineering Company of New York designed the bridge. In 1912, Daytonians E.M Gephart and Robert E. Kline built the bridge. In 1994, the Ohio Department of Transportation and The Ohio Historic Preservation Office determined that the bridge was historically significant and eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Bridges & Viaducts. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.
Location. 39° 44.386′ N, 84° 11.671′ W. Marker is in Dayton, Ohio, in Montgomery
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County. It is in Carillon. It is at the intersection of West Stewart Street and Edwin C Moses Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on West Stewart Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dayton OH 45417, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Miami Valley. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Regarding Stewart Street Concrete Arch Bridge. The bridge was demolished and a new one built in it's place.
Photographed by Michael Baker
3. Stewart Street Concrete Arch Bridge Marker
Photographed by Michael Baker
4. Stewart Street Concrete Arch Bridge Marker
Photographed by Michael Baker
5. The new bridge that replaced the one discussed in the marker.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 31, 2017, by Michael Baker of Lima, Ohio. This page has been viewed 687 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 31, 2017, by Michael Baker of Lima, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
