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Old IN 62 Bridge

Clark County, Indiana

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Photo taken by James McCray in December 0000

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Facts 

Overview
Abandoned pratt pony truss bridge over Fourteen Mile Creek on an old alignment of IN 62 in Charlestown State Park
Location
Charlestown State Park, Indiana, Clark County, Indiana
Status
Abandoned
History
Built 1927
Builders
- Hutchinson Construction Co.
- K.W. Barnes (Engineer)
Design
Two-span Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 70.0 ft.
Total length: 150.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.45341, -85.63048   (decimal degrees)
38°27'12" N, 85°37'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/619498/4257011 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Charlestown
Inventory number
BH 41231 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,646)
Built 1927 (861)
Built during 1920s (9,922)
Charlestown State Park, Charlestown, Indiana (2)
Clark County, Indiana (72)
Hutchinson Construction Co. (1)
Indiana (4,918)
K.W. Barnes (1)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
 Owned by state (15,983)
Pony truss (16,182)
Pratt pony truss (3,637)
Pratt truss (9,295)
Riveted (2,165)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,073)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,919)
Truss (32,776)

Update Log 

  • June 30, 2014: New photo from J.P.
  • June 9, 2013: New photos from J.P.
  • December 17, 2011: Updated by J.P.: Added categories "Riveted", "One-lane traffic"
  • October 18, 2011: New photos from J.P.
  • May 11, 2009: Updated by J.P.
  • April 27, 2009: Updated by J.P.: Builder information
  • March 26, 2009: Updated by J.P.
  • March 2, 2009: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Old IN 62 Bridge
Posted February 26, 2021, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Appears to be gated now at State Road 62. There is a place to pull off and you might be able to walk to it if it's not marked as No Trespassing.

Old IN 62 Bridge
Posted February 26, 2021, by Jen (Nabstewart [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Any tips on how to access this bridge?

Old IN 62 Bridge
Posted June 30, 2014, by J.P. (wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I have been in contact with my local library getting photos of old bridges in Clark county Indiana. Its amazing what you can find at your local library. Here is a photo that is owned by the Charlestown-Clark County Public Library of this bridge being built.

Old IN 62 Bridge
Posted October 18, 2011, by J.P.

So I just discovered I had photos of this bridge, and that I took them with my old Camera, which if you have looked at some of the earlier photos I uploaded there was always a odd haze or something over them. So I decided to black and white them, just explaining whats going on with the black and whites.