Broadway Bridge (Greenville, Ohio)
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Broadway Bridge | |
 Overview from northwest, looking toward downtown | |
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| Location | Broadway over Greenville Creek, Greenville, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 40°6′15″N 84°38′7″W / 40.10417°N 84.63528°W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1909 |
| Architect | Walter Rice; A.W. Zesiger |
| Architectural style | Three-hinged arch |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000114[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 22, 1996 |
The Broadway Bridge is a historic arch bridge that spans Greenville Creek on the edge of downtown Greenville, a city in the far western part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Constructed in the early twentieth century, it carries one of the city's most important streets and connects the city's northern and southern sections. One of several large concrete bridges designed by a Cleveland engineer, it has been named a historic site.
As late as 1857, Greenville was restricted to the southeastern side of Greenville Creek; only about four or five houses were located in what has since become the northern part of the city. However, a Greenville Creek bridge existed by this time, and around it existed a smattering of industries. Like today, Broadway was an important thoroughfare, with the old courthouse occupying a place on the public square, and a dense commercial district lining both sides of the street for several blocks to the south of the square.[2]: 515 The current courthouse was constructed in 1874,[2]: 516 and Broadway was paved with brick in 1900 as numerous commercial buildings continued to rise along its sides.[2]: 517 The location of the present bridge is close to the Treaty of Greenville signing grounds; construction by the bridge in the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries revealed burials of officers from the Legion of the United States.[2]: 539
In 1994, the bridge was designated as an Ohio Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.[3]
