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Xenia Bridge

Carroll County, Indiana
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Side view

Photo taken by Chris Clouser

Map 

Description 

Although probably completely riveted originally, much of this span was bolted together when it was moved.

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Wildcat Creek on Prince William Road
Location
Carroll County, Indiana
Status
Restored in 2006
History
Built 1931 as a State Highway bridge and relocated in 1945
Builders
- Illinois Steel Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Indiana Department of Highways
Design
Bolted 8-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 144.6 ft.
Total length: 154.8 ft.
Deck width: 21.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Carroll County Bridge 25
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.47366, -86.58731   (decimal degrees)
40°28'25" N, 86°35'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/534982/4480412 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Rossville
Inventory numbers
INNBI 0800021 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15889 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2011)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 67.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
230

Categories 

8-panel truss (238)
Bolted (12)
Built 1931 (573)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Carroll County, Indiana (81)
Illinois Steel Co. (11)
Indiana (3,348)
Indiana Department of Highways (3)
NR-eligible (3,748)
Open (28,314)
 Owned by county (16,489)
Painted green (17)
Parker through truss (947)
Parker truss (1,267)
Riveted (1,011)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,137)
Truss (23,574)
Wildcat Creek (Indiana) (19)

Update Log 

  • December 27, 2011: Updated by J.P.: Added category "Illinois Steel Co."
  • May 30, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • July 2, 2008: Updated by Paul Brandenburg: corrected spelling to Xenia
  • June 30, 2008: Updated by Paul Brandenburg: updated year built to 1931 as a State Highway bridge and relocated in 1945 (source: letter from SHPO)
  • June 26, 2008: Updated by Paul Brandenburg: added county bridge number
  • March 22, 2006: Posted photos from Chris Clouser

Sources 

  • Chris Clouser - morpar55 [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Paul Brandenburg - indianabridges [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Xenia Bridge
Posted October 3, 2008, by JB (jrbozell45 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Summer of 2007

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Xenia Bridge
Posted October 3, 2008, by RB (jrbozell45 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Summer of 2007

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Xenia Bridge
Posted July 2, 2008, by Anonymous

Does anybody have any photos of the bridge

after rehabilitation?

Zinni Bridge
Posted August 21, 2007, by RLB (jrbozell45 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Visited this bridge on 8/18/07 looks like a new bridge, completely repainted. New riprap along abuttments and concrete looks to be new or powerwashed.