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Stoneberger Bridge

Gibson County, Indiana

Photos 

East side

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in August 2008

Enlarge

BH Photo #123298

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Indiana Bridge designed and fabricated the through span in 1895; it added the approaches in 1905 at the county's behest.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Big Bayou on CR 1750 West
Location
Gibson County, Indiana
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1895; rehabilitated 1905 and 1991, Closed around 2004?
Builder
- Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie, Indiana
Design
Pinned, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 182.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
County Bridge #191
Big Bayou Bridge
Red Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.24009, -87.90495   (decimal degrees)
38°14'24" N, 87°54'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/420807/4232841 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
New Harmony
Inventory numbers
INNBI 2600138 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16181 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 23 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (7,566)
8-panel truss (389)
Abandoned (3,650)
Built 1895 (278)
Built during 1890s (2,984)
Gibson County, Indiana (110)
Have street view (26,947)
Indiana (4,918)
Indiana Bridge Co. (134)
 NR-eligible (4,051)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
Owned by county (20,783)
Pratt through truss (5,390)
Pratt truss (9,297)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,395)
Through truss (15,062)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,265)
Truss (32,784)

Update Log 

  • January 15, 2021: New photos from Garrett DiDomizio
  • October 10, 2020: New Street View added by Garrett DiDomizio
  • August 26, 2018: New photo from Carl Crasher
  • March 25, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • May 29, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.
  • April 28, 2010: New photos from Robert Stephenson
  • March 7, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Alternate name and Design
  • April 22, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon
  • January 12, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon: common name
  • September 8, 2008: New photos from Robert Stephenson

Sources 

  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Garrett DiDomizio - garrettdidomizio [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Stoneberger Bridge
Posted September 23, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The fine pictures just posted for the Big Bayou Backwater Bridge are actually pictures of the Stoneberger Bridge.