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Lower Blue Creek Bridge

Franklin County, Indiana
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Vintage postcard scan.

Scan by Bill Eichelberger

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Description 

This bridge was actually in pretty good condition when it was bypassed. Unfortunately an arson attempt severely damaged it and it later collapsed into the creek.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Blue Creek
Location
Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana
Status
Collapsed
History
Built 1894
Design
Howe through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 130.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.39282, -85.02754   (decimal degrees)
39°23'34" N, 85°01'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/669857/4362225 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Brookville
Inventory number
BH 45360 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Brookville, Indiana (3)
Built 1894 (136)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Collapsed (75)
Covered (925)
Franklin County, Indiana (49)
Howe through truss (203)
 Howe truss (249)
Indiana (3,348)
Lost (10,374)
Lost 1984 (33)
Lost during 1980s (436)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,137)
Truss (23,575)

Update Log 

  • July 8, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Fixed coordinates
  • July 8, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added GPS coords
  • May 22, 2010: Added by Bill Eichelberger

Sources 

  • Bill Eichelberger
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Gasparilla Island FL swing bridge
Posted March 27, 2011, by Peter Sholley (psholley [at] comcast [dot] net)

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Gasparilla Island FL swing bridge
Posted March 27, 2011, by Peter Sholley (psholley [at] comcast [dot] net)

As there are only 8 recorded swing bridge in Florida, perhaps you would like to add ours.