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Archibald Falls Bridge

Crawford County, Indiana

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Overview

This bridge is unusual in the fact that the truss spans of the bridge are built by two different construction firms.

Photo taken by James McCray in August 2007

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Archibald Falls bridge

video by Mike Daffron

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Little Blue River on Archibald Falls Rd (CR 38)
Location
Crawford County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1892
Builders
- CLR Construction of Vincennes, Indiana (Restoration)
- Lafayette Bridge Co. of Lafayette, Indiana
Design
2-span Pratt Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 89.2 ft.
Total length: 167.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Crawford County Bridge #44
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.14206, -86.40286   (decimal degrees)
38°08'31" N, 86°24'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/552325/4221745 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Beechwood
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
271
Inventory numbers
INNBI 1300035 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15974 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 24.3 (out of 100)
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Categories 

CLR Construction (14)
Crawford County, Indiana (32)
Historic Bridge Weekend 2012 (47)
Indiana (5,251)
Lafayette Bridge Co. (72)
NR-eligible (4,127)
One-lane traffic (8,137)
Open (41,561)
Owned by county (22,053)
 Pin-connected (5,505)
Pratt through truss (6,454)
Pratt truss (10,914)
Select (531)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,829)
Through truss (19,315)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,502)
Truss (38,703)
Wooden deck (6,278)

Update Log 

  • September 5, 2021: New photo from Jenise Stewart
  • August 19, 2021: New photos from Grant DiDomizio
  • March 7, 2020: New video from Mike Daffron
  • November 16, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • September 1, 2018: New photos from Carl Crasher
  • October 14, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • July 25, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • 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
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Grant DiDomizio - grantdidomizio [at] gmail [dot] com
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Archibald Falls Bridge
Posted September 6, 2021, by Art S. (Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Previously a wooden covered bridge, lost one span at a time? That's a quite common answer back east.

Regards,

Art S.

Archibald Falls Bridge
Posted September 6, 2021, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Yes... And two different fabricators for each span. I haven't been able to unlock this mystery yet but assume there was an issue only 4 years in that required a span of the 1892 structure to be replaced. Another possibility is that both spans were moved in at a later date to replace a much older bridge.

Archibald Falls Bridge
Posted September 6, 2021, by Jenise Stewart

Two different dates?