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Foster Road Bridge (New)

Fountain County, Indiana

Photos 

Better than most ugly replacements

Photo taken by Mike Daffron in March 2016

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BH Photo #349631

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Video 

Foster Road Bridge

Mike Daffron

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Facts 

Overview
Bridge over North Fork Coal Creek on CR 200 E
Location
Fountain County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Replaced through truss in 2009
Design
Modern Pratt pony truss
Also called
North Fork Coal Creek Bridge (New)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.20194, -87.22389   (decimal degrees)
40°12'07" N, 87°13'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/480945/4450195 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mellott
Inventory number
BH 71259 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 2009 (62)
Built during 2000s (674)
Fountain County, Indiana (71)
Indiana (4,920)
Modern (2,438)
Modern Pratt pony truss (38)
Modern pony truss (100)
Modern truss (166)
Open (39,895)

Update Log 

  • July 28, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • March 24, 2018: New video from Mike Daffron
  • March 7, 2016: Added by Mike Daffron

Sources 

  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Foster Road Bridge (New)
Posted March 24, 2018, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

Yeah Yeah Yeah...I Know it's a replacement of a beautiful bridge, BUT in a hundred years people will be looking at it like "wow, they sure did make cool back then".