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Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over Sugar Creek on CR 675 East
Location: Hancock County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1887 by the Columbia Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1983 and 2006
Builder: - Columbia Bridge Works
Design: Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 89.9 ft.
Total length: 91.8 ft.
Deck width: 13.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Also called: White Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.92417, -85.67750 (decimal degrees)
39°55'27" N, 85°40'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 3000085 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16253 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2006): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 56.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 130

Update Log

June 22, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Alternate name
December 22, 2006: Posted photos from Joshua Collins

Sources

Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
Anthony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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Hays Bridge

Posted March 24, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

What a lovely little bridge! I had the honor of being the inspector on the rehabilitation of this structure. Wrought iron was definately much superior to steel. This baby is ready to go for another 120 years.

Sugar Creek 675 East Bridge

Posted July 13, 2006, by Dan Reitmeyer (danreitmeyer [at] charter [dot] net)

We just completed a total rehab of this bridge, updating the guardrail system, and painting of the "white bridge"