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

www.HistoryInYourOwnBackyard.com info@HistoryInYourOwnBackyard.com 812-623-5727 Before we talk about this old bridge abutment, let’s talk about what defines a ghost road and a phantom bridge. A ghost road is a roadway that was once owned or is currently owned by the county. This road originally carried traffic on a daily basis but over the years the county may have chosen to no longer maintain the road or close it completely. The road may now be private property or could still be owned by the county. A phantom bridge is a span that was once used on a daily basis to cross a body of water such as a stream or creek. A phantom bridge is ALWAYS located on on a Ghost Road and can be one of the ultimate finds during a road tour. Phantom bridges were usually bypassed after the current roadway was realigned. A phantom bridge can usually be located near a bridge currently in use. A good way to spot Phantom Bridges is to look left and right when crossing a bridge. Sometimes these bridges may be up to 100 yards up or down stream from the current bridge location. Now that we know about Ghost Roads and Phantom Bridges, let’s take a look at this old road and bridge abutment. 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 Run Road was part of the State Route infrastructure and used daily by people traveling through the area. To cross over Paddy’s Run Creek on this section of roadway, a steel truss bridge was used which was probably built in the 1920s. We couldn’t find any photos of the bridge at ground level but from this aerial view it looks as if this was a through truss bridge judging from the shadows cast by the sun. The bridge was removed sometime in the late 1990s and now all that is left of the roadway is this abandoned section northeast of the creek and this section still in use, southwest of the creek. The cut stone bridge abutments still remain. The abutment on the northeast side of the creek is in excellent condition for being over 100 years old. However the abutment on the southwest side is pretty much obliterated. Just 100 yards from the heavily traveled State Route 128 sits the remains of the former route slowly fading back into nature. GPS Location: 39º16'16.5"N 84º41'22.7"W