Rating:
16123
{69}%
3 votes
Simpson Corner Bridge
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Photo taken by Tom Hall in October 2008
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BH Photo #125695
Description
One of four remaining through truss spans from the old Wabash River Bridge at Attica built in 1886. Relocated to this site in 1924.
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Coal Creek on CR 100 North
- Location
- Fountain County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1886 as part of a multi-span bridge in Attica, moved to this location in 1924
- Builder
- - Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Design
- 8-panel, pinned Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 127.9 ft.
Total length: 130.9 ft.
Deck width: 17.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.5 ft.
- Recognition
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Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- County Bridge #131
Coal Creek CR 100N Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.14250, -87.24986 (decimal degrees)
40°08'33" N, 87°14'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/478716/4443603 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Mellott
- Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
- 117
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 2300103 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16123 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of June 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 41.1 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- July 28, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
- November 12, 2017: New video from Mike Daffron
- November 5, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
- March 7, 2016: New Street View added by Dave King
- March 7, 2016: New photos from Mike Daffron
- August 10, 2011: New photo from Tony Dillon
- March 15, 2009: Updated by James McCray: updated future prospects
- March 13, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon: changed date,history
- October 11, 2008: Updated by Tom Hall: photos added
Sources
- Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
Open again. Has a new deck. I visited the Fountain County bridges yesterday and several have had repairs.