The Putnam Street Bridge, also known as the Marietta Bridge, is a historical United States river crossing that connects Marietta, Ohio with its Fort Harmar district. The original 1880 bridge was the first free crossing of the Muskingum River. The 1913 bridge was a contributing structure to the Harmar Historic District. The bridge crosses the Muskingum, just above its confluence with the Ohio River.
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Famous quotes containing the words putnam, street and/or bridge:
“Men, you are all marksmen—don’t one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
—Israel Putnam (1718–1790)
“Down in the street there are ice-cream parlors to go to
And the pavement is a nice, bluish slate-gray. People laugh a lot.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)