Hendricks Ford Bridge
Photos
Overview
This Bridge is located on the Camp Atterbury grounds.
Photo taken by James McCray in Feburary 2009
BH Photo #132851
Description
This is another example of a bridge with more than one name. The road was referred to as Hendricks Ford Road, but apparently the original landowner at time of construction was named Hendrickson.Facts
- Overview
- Whipple through truss bridge over Driftwood River
- Location
- Bartholomew County, Indiana
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built in 1880 by the King Bridge Company
- Builder
- - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
- Design
- 2-span,pinned Whipple through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 158.0 ft.
Total length: 316.0 ft.
- Also called
- Hendrickson Ford Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.33917, -85.98717 (decimal degrees)
39°20'21" N, 85°59'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/587282/4354905 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Edinburgh
- Inventory number
- BH 37492 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 20, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
- April 1, 2018: New photos from Mike Daffron
- March 10, 2018: New video from Mike Daffron
- December 2, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
- August 17, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- May 2, 2016: New photos from Marc Shotts
- September 23, 2011: New photos from Tony Dillon
- October 16, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Adjusted name, changed builder and date of construction
- February 14, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added GPS coordinates
- February 2, 2009: New photos from James McCray
- October 2, 2008: Added by Anthony Dillon
Sources
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Marc Shotts
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
The Army still controls the land to the West and has the bridge gated at the East portal to keep people out. I'm more worried about trees falling on it than the government tearing it down. I wish they would decommission that section and deed it to the state as part of Atterbury Fish & Wildlife Area. It could then be restored and join these other 2 beauties!
Aside from the fact that this one is a Whipple, it sure has some awesome portal bracings. Being in Indiana, it should be safe from demolition, I hope.
Summer picture of this one are rather difficult as the area is usually pretty overgrown. I haven't been down there in a few years however.
Does anybody have any summer or spring pictures?
We use to jump off this bridge and swim during the summer.
It would be nice to see this one restored, if not for traffic then at least for trail use. I suppose it would require the military turning the bridge over to local control, and I'm not sure how easy that would be to get accomplished.
I would love to see someone fix the bridge up and make it usable for vehicles again , but i am keeping my fingers crossed as to when it will be done and when it can be usable
I would love to see someone fix the bridge up and make it usable for vehicles again , but i am keeping my fingers crossed as to when it will be done and when it can be usable
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/in/bartholomew/hendricks-ford/
Is this bridge accessible or is it in a restricted area of Camp Atterbury?