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Deer Creek SR75 Bridge

Carroll County, Indiana
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Description 

This span featured the earliest design by the Indiana Bridge Company shortly after it had moved from Indianapolis to Muncie.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Deer Creek on Old section of SR75 South of Camden
Location
Carroll County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built ca.1889 by the Indiana Bridge Company
Builder
- Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie, Indiana
Design
Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.60340, -86.53463   (decimal degrees)
40°36'12" N, 86°32'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/539371/4494835 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Flora
Inventory number
BH 42426 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,817)
7-panel truss (246)
Built during 1880s (1,043)
Carroll County, Indiana (81)
Deer Creek (Carroll County, Indiana) (13)
Indiana (3,348)
Indiana Bridge Co. (67)
Lost (10,353)
 Lost during 1980s (435)
Pin-connected (1,519)
Pratt through truss (3,162)
Pratt truss (5,654)
Replaced by new bridge (7,132)
Through truss (9,200)
Truss (23,559)

Update Log 

  • January 27, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated builder
  • February 15, 2010: Updated by James Norwood: added coordinates
  • April 23, 2009: Added by Anthony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • James Norwood

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