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What Happened to Paddy’s Run Road? New Baltimore, Ohio

About 1 and a quarter mile northwest of New Baltimore, Ohio lies the remains of the Old Paddy’s Run ghost road and stone bridge abutment. Before State Route 128 was realigned in the 1940s, Paddy’s…[View More]

Sawdon Ridge Ghost Road and Phantom Bridge, Guilford, Indiana

As you drive south on Sawdon Ridge Road in Dearborn County, Indiana, as you reach the bottom of the hill, you begin a long sweeping curve to your right as it crosses Brush Fork Creek. However, prior t…[View More]

The Abandoned North Dearborn Ghost Road & Phantom Bridge, Dover, Indiana

This is a rather unique video we have here in that it includes a phantom bridge, a ghost road and the remains of a demolished steel truss bridge, all within 100 yards of each other. This portion of No…[View More]

English Center Bridge, English Center, Pennsylvania

Built 1891 by the Dean & Westbrook Company of New York, the English Center Bridge is 300 feet long and spans Little Pine Creek in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Nathan Holth of HistoricBridges.or…[View More]

Hyland Road Bridge, Dover, Indiana

Indiana has a wide variety of beautiful and interesting historic bridges! Everything from the Queen Mary of all bridges….The Triple Whipple Bridge to our focus of attention today, the lowly Hyla…[View More]

Ohio Electric Interurban Bridge, Waterville, Ohio

The Ohio Electric Interurban Bridge is a historic interurban railway reinforced concrete multiple arch bridge built in 1908 to span the Maumee River joining Lucas and Wood counties near Waterville, Oh…[View More]

Old Scotland Bridge, Mechanicsburg, Indiana

Built in 1901 this three span stone arch bridge is 128 feet long and spans Sugar Creek northeast of Mechanicsburg, Indiana. Not long after the bridge was built, it was heavily damaged in a flood and h…[View More]

The Abandoned Holliday Hydroelectric Powerhouse and Dam, Riverwood, Indiana

Just north of Noblesville, Indiana you’ll find the remains of the abandoned Holliday Hydroelectric Powerhouse and Dam on the White River near 211th Street. Sam Mott and Alex Holliday of Noblesvi…[View More]

Historic Harrison, Ohio

In this video we cover the history of Harrison, Ohio starting when it was first founded in the 1840s; covering early transportation which includes the canal and the railroad; Morgan’s Raid of 18…[View More]

Greenbriar Bridge, Guilford, Indiana

This one lane concrete arch bridge spanning a branch of the West Fork of Tanners Creek, built in 1910, at one time saw up to 300 vehicles a day on Collier Ridge Road. In 2009 a steel through truss bri…[View More]

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