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Plainfield National Road Bridge(Older)
Photos
A Postcard of the iron wagon bridge over White Lick Creek in Plainfield, Indiana
Courtesy of the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library, Plainfield, IN
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BH Photo #433524
Description
Looks like a very early IBCo. span
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Whipple through truss bridge
- Location
- Hendricks County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1888; replaced 1940
- Builder
- - Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie, Indiana
- Design
- 10-panel pinned Whipple through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.70176, -86.40631 (decimal degrees)
39°42'06" N, 86°24'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/550897/4394824 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 82606 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 18, 2018: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type and other information.
- August 25, 2018: Added by Mike Daffron
Sources
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com