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Portal

Photo taken Nov. 2006 by Tom Hall

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Oblique view

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Deck damage

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Plaque

Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Builders
Canton Ohio
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Henry Schwalm
Jas. Buchanan
Montraville Briton
Commissioners
of
Cass County

Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Deer Creek on CR 100 East
Location: Cass County, Indiana
Status: Closed to all traffic
History: Built 1901 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Builder: - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design: Pin-connected, 10-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 148.9 ft.
Total length: 149.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.60318, -86.35548 (decimal degrees)
40°36'11" N, 86°21'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 0900106 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15892 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Comments

Deer Creek Bridge

Posted March 25, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Just a couple of notes on this bridge. The date of construction is 1885, and it is a Whipple truss. Don't know what the county has in mind, but I hope they restore it!