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Alton Bridge

Crawford County, Indiana
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Alton Bridge Overview

The bridge leading into Alton is known as the Alton Bridge. The bridge is a five span truss bridge consisting of four pony truss spans and one Pratt through truss span.

Photo taken by James McCray in August 2007

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Little Blue River on CR 1190 South in Alton
Location
Crawford County, Indiana
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
Future prospects
Restored in 2009
Builder
- Lafayette Bridge Co. of Lafayette, Indiana
Design
Main span: Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 138.7 ft.
Total length: 419.8 ft.
Deck width: 12.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.5 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Crawford County Bridge #45
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.12109, -86.41293   (decimal degrees)
38°07'16" N, 86°24'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/551458/4219413 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Alton
Inventory numbers
INNBI 1300036 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15975 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2010)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 33.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
252

Categories 

19th Century (3,851)
Built 1897 (130)
Built during 1890s (1,560)
Crawford County, Indiana (30)
Have street view (10,035)
Historic Bridge Conference 2012 (47)
Indiana (3,350)
Lafayette Bridge Co. (38)
Lally columns (95)
NR-eligible (3,750)
One-lane traffic (7,119)
Open (28,454)
Owned by county (16,526)
 Painted green (17)
Pin-connected (1,568)
Pony truss (13,212)
Pratt pony truss (2,350)
Pratt through truss (3,184)
Pratt truss (5,687)
Preserved (662)
Select (538)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,966)
Through truss (9,254)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,382)
Truss (23,615)
Wooden deck (5,415)

Update Log 

  • July 25, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • April 15, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.
  • February 6, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added year built.
  • December 6, 2009: New photos from Allie McDonald
  • 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
  • Allie McDonald - allie [dot] mcdonald08 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Alton Bridge
Posted July 25, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Of the several bridges I visited on Saturday, this one quickly became my favorite. An amazing structure that has been beautifully restored!

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Alton Bridge
Posted December 2, 2009, by Dan Reitmeyer (dan [at] clrconstruction [dot] com)

The Alton Bridge has been restored by CLR Inc. of Vincennes Indiana

Little Blue River Bridge
Posted September 5, 2007, by Anonymous

If this bridge still exists, the description makes it sound like a long bridge.