The Rich Street Bridge is a bridge in
Columbus, Ohio
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, United States, spanning the
Scioto River and connecting
downtown
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's Rich Street to
Franklinton's Town Street. It carries
U.S. Route 62 (US 62) and
Ohio State Route 3 (SR 3). The bridge was completed in 2012.
The bridge replaced the Town Street Bridge (1917-2009). The original eastern anchor remains, reutilized as the Prow, an observation platform in the
Scioto Mile Promenade park.
The site features stone benches, lanterns, and a grove of birch trees.
The 1917 bridge was part of the
Scioto River Bridge Group, listed on the Columbus Register of Historic Properties in 1983 and proposed as part of the
Columbus Civic Center Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Gallery
File:Rich Street Bridge 03.jpg, Night lighting
File:Columbus-ohio-cosi-summer.jpg, The prior bridge in 2006
File:Town Street Bridge, Columbus.jpg, Plaque commemorating prior bridges
File:Town Street Bridge, Columbus, Ohio 01.jpg, Town Street Bridge plaque
File:Columbus Scioto Mile 12.jpg, The Prow, formerly an anchor to the Town Street Bridge
See also
* ''
Scioto Lounge''
References
External links
*
2012 establishments in Ohio
Bridges completed in 2012
Bridges in Columbus, Ohio
U.S. Route 62
Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
Bridges over the Scioto River
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