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Overview

Photos taken Sept. 2006 by Tom Hall
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Deck view

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Close-up of joint

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Paint Creek on CR 150 East
Location
Carroll County, Indiana
Status
Will be replaced by a modern bridge in fall of 2008 (possibly moved for use as a pedestrian bridge over the Old Wabash & Erie Canal)
History
Built 1903
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 47.2 ft.
Total length: 53.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Carroll County Bridge 81
Paint Creek CR 150E Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.61056, -86.49639   (decimal degrees)
40°36'38" N, 86°29'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/542602/4495648 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Deer Creek
Inventory numbers
INNBI 0800058 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15877 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2007)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 29.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
62

Update Log 

  • June 30, 2008: Updated by Paul Brandenburg
  • June 29, 2008: Updated by Paul Brandenburg
  • June 26, 2008: Updated by Paul Brandenburg: added county bridge number
  • October 16, 2006: Posted photos from Tom Hall

Sources 

  • Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
  • Paul Brandenburg - indianabridges [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

Comments 

Paint Creek CR 150E Bridge
Posted September 28, 2007, by RL Bozell (jrbozell45 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Bridge still open to traffic. Just north of hwy 218 east of Camden, In. Good photo ops. Wooden deck, low load limit.