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Overview

This is an interesting bridge. Depending on which way you cross, each truss section either increases or decreases in size.

Photo taken by James McCray

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Deck View

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Oblique View

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North End

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Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Three-span pony truss bridge over Blue River on Main Street in Milltown
Location
Crawford County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1913; rehabilitated 1977
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 75.1 ft.
Total length: 168.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.34028, -86.27333   (decimal degrees)
38°20'25" N, 86°16'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/563503/4243820 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Milltown
Inventory numbers
INNBI 1300067 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15971 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2005)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 56.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1999)
120

Update Log 

  • March 24, 2008: New photos from James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com

Comments 

Blue River Main Street Bridge
Posted May 19, 2008, by Jerry Harpe (jharpe24 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

There's discussion about making it a foot bridge after they build the new bridge upstream at the site of the old railway bridge, about 150 yards upstream from the present bridge.

Money seems to be the big holdup here. Being on the county line, neither county wants to foot the bill.

Blue River Main Street Bridge
Posted April 26, 2008, by C. Beringer (avelyncvb [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Anyone out there heard that the bridge might be torn down and a new bridge built? I think this bridge was metioned in the Corydon Democrat in March or early April (2008). I'm always searching for information regarding Crawford Co. in my search for ancestors, so I'm not sure where I came across this information.

C. Beringer