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Circle Road Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Indian Creek on bypassed section of Circle Road
- Location
- Harrison County, Indiana
- Status
- Bypassed on a new alignment and closed
- History
- Built ca. 1884 by the Indianapolis Bridge Company.
- Builder
- - Indianapolis Bridge Co. of Indianapolis, Indiana
- Design
- Wrought iron- pinned Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 123.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Old County Bridge #65
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.28963, -86.09533 (decimal degrees)
38°17'23" N, 86°05'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/579114/4238337 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Crandall
- Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
- 126
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 3100042 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16257 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of March 2008)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 17.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- February 6, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added stuff
- October 14, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
- March 1, 2014: New photos from J.P.
- August 18, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Builder and truss type
- February 4, 2008: New photos from James McCray
Sources
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Circle Road Bridge
A recent blog entry:
http://eerie-indiana.blogspot.com/2013/10/abandoned-circle-r...
Circle Road Bridge
This through truss has been closed to traffic but still stands next to its replacement. The new nondescript bridge was completed in 2002.
© Copyright 2002-18, James Baughn and contributors.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/in/harrison/3100042/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/in/harrison/3100042/
Word has it from a reliable source that this will be the next bridge moved to the trail system near Corydon. Great news given that it continues to fade into the foliage in it's current location! I would love to see the nice cut stone abutments go with it!