Our Mission: To Save Historic Bridges in Ohio.

We are working as part of a City of Waterville Exploratory Committee. Our main project at this time is to ask for donations to meet our goal of the preservation of the historic Interurban Bridge in Waterville. If we can remove the trees, add some anodic protection to exposed rebar and weatherize the top deck, we can stop the freeze/thaw deterioration of the concrete spandrel walls on this bridge. And we can pay to stabilize the concrete spandrel walls using steel cabling, to make the bridge safe to kayak under and to fish under.

Our Mission Cont...

This is a longer term project that STBA is advocating for. One alternative last year was to demolish this iconic bridge. But, the cost estimate to demo the bridge is currently ~$4.1million. This is an estimated cost roughly double the cost for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation would replace all 22 spandrells and the deck & sand fill. New spandrells would then be built and new aggregate fill, new deck, new lighting & new fencing installed. The concrete arches would be strengthened using CFRP carbon fiber interdos application. 

Long term, even if possible, and the details are still being worked out, when complete, the rehabilitated bridge will connect Waterville Ohio to Haskins and Bowling Green Ohio for safer pedestrian and bike travel than currently available today. The bridge would be a destination place & observation deck for a beautiful view of the Maumee River rapids and the famous Roche de Boeuf Native American Tribal Council rock.

Convenient Ways to Donate

1. Credit card, Debit card, Venmo or PayPal
2. Donate directly to "Save The Bridge Association" by visiting any Farmers and Merchants Bank of NW Ohio or NE Indiana

Become a Volunteer

We welcome members/volunteers to help us advocate and to request grants. For more infomation, Email to forestc@bex.net

About Us

We are a tax-exempt 501(c)3) grass-roots public charity. Any donations to our association go 100% to the expenses of our mission, since we are all non-paid volunteers.

We are registered as a public charity with the state of Ohio as certified here and with the IRS as an NTEE A82 public charity dedicated to historic preservation.