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East Fork Whitewater River Bridge

Franklin County, Indiana
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Note: The following information comes from the National Bridge Inventory and has not been verified.
Overview
Lost through truss bridge over East Fork Whitewater River on IN 101
Location
Franklin County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1934; rehabilitated 1972; replaced 1992
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 198.2 ft.
Total length: 401.9 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.43333, -85.00333   (decimal degrees)
39°25'60" N, 85°00'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/671842/4366768 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Brookville
Inventory numbers
INNBI 025100 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 39141 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/1990)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 28.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987)
4,400

Categories 

Built 1934 (540)
Built during 1930s (8,548)
Franklin County, Indiana (49)
Indiana (3,348)
Lost (10,352)
Lost 1992 (398)
Lost during 1990s (3,216)
 Replaced by new bridge (7,131)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,482)
Structurally deficient (16,674)
Through truss (9,200)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,367)
Truss (23,559)

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  • February 4, 2009: Added by James Baughn
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East Fork Whitewater River Bridge
Posted December 5, 2010, by Ed Hollowell (erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com)

This bridge replaced a temporary wooden bridge built after the 1913 flood. That flood destroyed a two span concrete arch bridge which had been in use for less than a year. Before the concrete bridge the river was bridged by an iron bridge. It is said that broken concrete from the 1913 bridge was visible in the river until the 1982 bridge was built.