Description: Situated along the National Road in Zanesville, the Y-bridge was first constructed in 1814 and was made of wooden trestles and stone, with a toll house in the center. It is the only three-way bridge in the United States. Five different constructions of the Y-bridge have crossed the Licking and Muskingum rivers over the years, with the most recent built in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_012
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio--Muskingum River; Bridges--Ohio; Ohio River--History; Roads--Ohio; Bridges--Pictorial works; Transportation--Ohio; Roads--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows three men fishing from the river bank under the Y-Bridge, which spans the confluence of the Muskingum and Licking Rivers in Zanesville, Ohio. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F18_005
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Muskingum River (Ohio); Transportation--Ohio; Roads--Ohio; Fishing
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Situated along the National Road in Zanesville, the Y-bridge was first constructed in 1814 and was made of wooden trestles and stone, with a toll house in the center. It is the only three-way bridge in the United States. Five different constructions of the Y-bridge have crossed the Licking and Muskingum rivers over the years, with the most recent built in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_010
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio--Muskingum River
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: An elevated view from a distance of the Y-Bridge at Zanesville, Ohio. The first Y bridge was built in 1814, followed by new bridges in 1819, 1832 ,1900 and 1984. The bridge was placed on the National Register of Historical Places on November 2, 1973. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08412
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Bridges; Muskingum River (Ohio)
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is an aerial photograph of the Y-Bridge which spans the confluence of the Muskingum and Licking Rivers in Zanesville, Ohio, ca. 1930-1950. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01780
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Bridges
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 1882 photograph shows a work crew posing at a bridge in Lowell, Ohio, across the Muskingum River. The crew rebuilt the covered bridge, which had been damaged in a recent windstorm. Constructed by a Marietta firm called Hall, Becker and Bailey, the bridge was eventually washed out by floodwaters two years later. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P259_B01F01_001
Subjects: Covered bridges; Muskingum River (Ohio); Employees; Transportation--Ohio--History;
Places: Lowell (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio);
 

Description: Situated along the National Road in Zanesville, the Y-bridge was first constructed in 1814 and was made of wooden trestles and stone, with a toll house in the center. It is the only three-way bridge in the United States. Five different constructions of the Y-bridge have crossed the Licking and Muskingum rivers over the years, with the most recent built in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_011_001
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio--Muskingum River
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)