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Mill Creek Bridge

Crawford County, Indiana
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Photo taken by James McCray in August 2007

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Description 

This beautiful little bridge has been subjected to some horrific repairs in recent years. A brace was welded to the South portal that hides the lovely cast portal decorations unique to this company. Every cylindrical eyebar was replaced with steel rods with large clamp fittings that look terrible.

Hopefully the recent restoration of the Alton Bridge will give hope to a better repair job to this bridge in the near future.

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Mill Creek on CR 220 East
Location
Crawford County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1885; rehabilitated 2000
Builder
- Indianapolis Bridge Co.
Design
Wrought iron, pin-connected Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.7 ft.
Total length: 104.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.3 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Crawford County Bridge #42
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.13026, -86.41853   (decimal degrees)
38°07'49" N, 86°25'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/550961/4220427 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Beechwood
Inventory numbers
INNBI 1300033 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15979 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2009)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 28.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
502

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1885 (115)
Built during 1880s (1,045)
Crawford County, Indiana (30)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
HAER documented (782)
Have street view (9,902)
Historic Bridge Conference 2012 (47)
Indiana (3,348)
Indianapolis Bridge Co. (12)
NR-eligible (3,751)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
 Open (28,317)
Owned by county (16,492)
Pin-connected (1,521)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Select (538)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,300)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,634)
Truss (23,575)
Wooden deck (5,398)
Wrought iron (225)

Update Log 

  • April 15, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.
  • February 20, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: HAER data
  • August 18, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon
  • January 30, 2008: New photos from James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • HAER IN-23 - Mill Creek Bridge, Mill Creek, Alton vicinity, Crawford County, IN
  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Mill Creek Bridge
Posted August 16, 2010, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Dehabilitation. I like that word!

At least some of the alterations are reversible. For instance, the cast iron knee braces were left in place.

Mill Creek Bridge
Posted August 16, 2010, by Jason Smith (JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net)

Nathan,

You hit it on the spot! But one could add UCEBs as examples of redneck bridge replacements as they're just as hideous as these fix-it-up rehabs, or what Tony Dillon coined "Dehabilitation." Thanks for the link. ;-)

Mill Creek Bridge
Posted August 15, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Nathan.......you truly must be truss psychic!!

Jason Smith and myself were just talking about the ghastly repairs on this otherwise beautiful span earlier this evening!

I was telling him that this "dehabilitation" happened several years ago. I am hopeful that with the recent and mostly "in-kind" rehabilitation of the Alton Bridge, there is hope that this ornate span can be reformed to an acceptable state!

Mill Creek Bridge
Posted August 15, 2010, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Its a Redneck Repair! Submit it to http://thereifixedit.com/