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Maxwell Bridge
Photos
Bicycle Bridge before replacement
Copyright - Paul Brandenburg
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BH Photo #113964
Description
Another unique span built by the Attica Bridge Company
Facts
- Overview
- Lost two-span through truss bridge over Tippecanoe River on Bicycle Bridge Road
- Location
- Carroll County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by a modern bridge in 2001
- History
- Built 1906
- Builder
- - Attica Bridge Co. of Attica, Indiana
- Design
- Riveted Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 173.8 ft.
Total length: 365.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
- Also called
- Carroll County Bridge 102
Maxim's Ford Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.56917, -86.76417 (decimal degrees)
40°34'09" N, 86°45'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/519962/4490959 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Brookston
- Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
- 288
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 0800077 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15866 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of May 2017)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 92.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- February 26, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added builder and description.
- June 29, 2008: Tom Hall reports this was actually called Maxwell Bridge -- Bicycle Bridge was over the Wabash River
- June 29, 2008: Updated by Tom Hall
- June 29, 2008: Updated by Paul Brandenburg
- May 3, 2008: New photo from Paul Brandenburg
- December 22, 2006: Posted photo of replacement bridge from Chris Light
Sources
- Chris Light - CJKADJ [at] juno [dot] com
- Paul Brandenburg - indianabridges [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
The bridge listed here as Bicycle bridge was actually known as Maxwell bridge.
Bicycle bridge was on the same road, but crossed the Wabash river west of Delphi.
This link shows the original Bicycle bridge.
http://www.carrollcountymuseum.org/photo/item.php?in=101196