Zanesville's Historic Y Bridge   Save
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Description: The historic Zanesville Y Bridge spans the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers in Zanesville, Ohio. It carries the traffic of Route 40 (Main Stree and West Main Street, as well as Linden Avenue. The first bridge was built in 1814 and has been reconstructed many times since the 1850s. Visitors are often confused by the directions, "Go to the middle of the bridge and turn right." After several iterations were (some of them wooden covered bridges) were washed away before the U S Army Corp of Engineers constructed a series of dams and locks to regulate the flow of the two rivers. The current concrete and steel bridge, the fifth in the same location, was opened in 1984. The bridge was listed on the National Registered of Historic Places on November 2, 1973 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F10_009_001
Subjects: Zanesville (Ohio); Bridges Ohio
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)