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State Route 1, Phantom Bridge # 3

Dearborn County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken by Satolli Glassmeyer in January 2021

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BH Photo #533320

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Video 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs4wsISZ7oQ

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Description 

This is the third in a series of phantom bridges along State Route 1 in Dearborn County, Indiana. This particular bridge was probably built around 1917. The bridge is 20 feet long, 12 feet wide and spans a small creek that empties into Salt Fork Creek. The Phantom bridge once carried the former old Lawrenceburg Brookville Road but was bypassed sometime in the 1930s when Route 1 was realigned.

GPS Location: 39º09’18.3″N 84º52’21.7″W

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned open-spandrel arch bridge over Unnamed Creek on Formr Lawrenceburg-Brookville Road
Location
Dearborn County, Indiana
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1917
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Total length: 20.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.15496, -84.87261   (decimal degrees)
39°09'18" N, 84°52'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/683820/4336127 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 98608 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,957)
Arch (12,729)
Built 1917 (669)
Built during 1910s (10,075)
Dearborn County, Indiana (81)
Deck arch (11,956)
Indiana (5,182)
Open-spandrel arch (811)
Owned by county (21,715)
Total length under 25 feet (2,610)

Update Log 

  • June 17, 2022: New video from Satolli Glassmeyer

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State Route 1, Phantom Bridge # 3
Posted June 18, 2022, by Paul Plassman

It looks like a concrete rigid frame to me.

State Route 1, Phantom Bridge # 3
Posted June 18, 2022, by Ed Hollowell (erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com)

It definitely isn't an open spandral arch but what is it? Is is an arch floored box culvert?

State Route 1, Phantom Bridge # 3
Posted June 17, 2022, by Luke

This isn’t an open spandrel arch