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Clifty Creek Bridge

Bartholomew County, Indiana
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Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.

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Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Clifty Creek on CR 490 N
Location
Bartholomew County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built ca. 1910; replaced 1994
Design
Riveted Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 128.0 ft.
Total length: 128.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Also called
County Bridge #61
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.27479, -85.70173   (decimal degrees)
39°16'29" N, 85°42'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/611985/4348074 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Hartsville
Inventory numbers
INNBI 0300057 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 38842 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/1990)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1990)
600

Categories 

Bartholomew County, Indiana (49)
Built during 1910s (6,730)
Indiana (3,348)
Lost (10,369)
Lost 1994 (363)
Lost during 1990s (3,217)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
 Pratt truss (5,660)
Replaced by new bridge (7,139)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,955)
Structurally deficient (16,681)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,137)
Truss (23,574)

Update Log 

  • March 7, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Adjusted coordinates for location of old bridge.
  • March 6, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added alt. name and truss type
  • January 31, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Clifty Creek Bridge
Posted March 9, 2010, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Liability occurs rarely? Try "never". At least there was not a single State DOT able to report any historic bridge related tort activity to an SRI Foundation study that I frequently quote.

Clifty Creek Bridge
Posted March 7, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Just another case of that ugly "L" word.....Liability. Although this rarely happens, the commissioners see it as an easy way to warrant getting rid of a historic bridge. Look at Switzerland County.......it took them 27 years to play that card! Signs posted at both ends saying that the user assumes responsibility would do the trick.

Clifty Creek Bridge
Posted March 7, 2010, by Tom Hoffman (tehoffm [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Here is a bridge that could have been left in its spot. The new bridge was built like 100 to 200 feet away. The county just took it down and only the abutments remain. It was not in the way of anything. This would have made a nice park area too.