Rockfield Cemetery Road Bridge

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BH Photo #194248

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Description

Bolting of trusses in 1904 was not a common practice among Indiana bridge fabricators. One firm however, the nearby Attica Bridge Company had started using this method around 1903. It seemed as though they were practicing for the next step of field riveting, which they succeeded in by 1905.

Facts

Overview: Relocated pony truss bridge over East Fork of Coal Creek on Rockfield Cemetery Road
Location: Fountain County, Indiana
Status: Replaced by a new bridge and moved to Covington Circle Trail over Mallory Branch
History: Built in 1904 over East Fork of Coal Creek; relocated in 2006 and seperated into 2 bridges on a Covington trail.
Builder: - Attica Bridge Co. of Attica, Indiana (Likely fabricator)
Design: Bolted Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 70.8 ft.
Total length: 133.8 ft.
Deck width: 13.4 ft.
Also called: County Bridge #63
Ghost Hollow Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.09111, -87.22667 (decimal degrees)
40°05'28" N, 87°13'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/480677/4437894 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Hillsboro
Average daily traffic (as of 2012): 137
Inventory numbers: INNBI 2300051 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16139 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2016): Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 94.5 (out of 100)
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Update Log

February 26, 2011: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Updated information
November 25, 2008: Updated by Tom Hall: updated status

Related Bridges

Covington Circle Trail Bridge #1 (Parts reused in) - 2 span bridge split and used at 2 locations on a trail
Covington Circle Trail Bridge #2 (Parts reused in) - 2 span bridge split and used at 2 locations on a trail

Sources

Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com