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Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Deer Creek on CR 300 West at 375N-300W
Location: Camden, Carroll County, Indiana
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1888; replaced 1993. Construction started November 1887, completed September 1888
Builders: - C.J. McGreevy (Substructure)
- Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie, Indiana
Design: Through truss Whipple truss, which is a Pratt truss with double intersections. Limestone block abutments.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 165.0 ft.
Total length: 173.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Also called: Carroll County Bridge No. 119
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.59985, -86.58236 (decimal degrees)
40°35'59" N, 86°34'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/535335/4494421 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Flora
Inventory numbers: INNBI 0800091 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 38882 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/1991): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1991): 100

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HAER IN-70 - Carroll County Bridge No. 119, Spanning Deer Creek on County Road 300 West, Camden vicinity, Carroll County, IN