Colorized image of the Second Street Scioto River Bridge. This was the Fifth (5th) bridge built over the Scioto River at Portsmouth. It was a wood floor pier bridge to replace the suspension bridge (the 4th bridge) that fell in 1884 killing two children. This bridge washed out in the flood of 1913 with no fatalities. The Sixth (6th) bridge at this site opened in 1915 and was in use until 1997.
Sepia tone photo image of where the fifth(5th) bridge over the Scioto River used to be. It was destroyed on March 26, 1913 in the flood and replaced in 1915 by the sixth (6th) bridge which was used until 1997.
Black and white image of the fifth(5th) Second Street Scioto Bridge over the Scioto River at Portsmouth. The 1913 Flood completely washed away this bridge, but it was replaced in 1915 by the sixth(6th) bridge which was used until 1997.