Photo 

Overview

Photo taken Sept. 2006 by Tom Hall

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

Map links:

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Deer Creek on CR 300 North
Location
Carroll County, Indiana
Status
Rehabilitation underway - expected completion in the fall of 2008
History
Built 1898 by the Lafayette Bridge Co.
Builder
- Lafayette Bridge Co.
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 113.8 ft.
Total length: 122.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 6, 2001
Also called
Carroll County Bridge 121
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.59089, -86.62172   (decimal degrees)
40°35'27" N, 86°37'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
INNBI 0800093 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 01000623 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 15888 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2005)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 26.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
96

Update Log 

  • June 30, 2008: Updated by Paul Brandenburg
  • June 26, 2008: Updated by Paul Brandenburg: added county bridge number
  • October 2, 2006: Posted photo from Tom Hall

Sources 

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

Comments 

Wilsons Bridge
Posted July 20, 2008, by RL Bozell (jrbozell45 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Sorry for all the misspelling on orignal post - was posting at 2:00am

Wilsons Bridge
Posted July 19, 2008, by RL Bozell (jrbozell45 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Bridge looks completed, new approaches yet to finished and paved as of 07/19/08. Glad to see that it was restored and not replaced as orignally planned.

Wilsons Bridge
Posted October 21, 2006, by Anonymous

great bridge, i love it. thanks for finding it and sending in this photo