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Mud Creek IN 26 Bridge

Howard County, Indiana

Photos 

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Photo taken by RB

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BH Photo #136548

Map 

Street View 

Video 

Mud Creek IN 26 bridge

video by Mike Daffron

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Mud Creek on IN 26
Location
Howard County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1947; rehabilitated 1992
Design
Riveted polygonal Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 128.9 ft.
Deck width: 29.8 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.42111, -85.90417   (decimal degrees)
40°25'16" N, 85°54'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/592963/4475074 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Greentown
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
3,800
Inventory numbers
INNBI 006840 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16326 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 64.7 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1947 (288)
Built during 1940s (4,112)
Have street view (27,143)
Howard County, Indiana (41)
IN 26 (7)
Indiana (4,947)
Mud Creek (Indiana) (1)
NR-eligible (4,060)
Open (40,033)
 Owned by state (16,113)
Polygonal Warren pony truss (384)
Polygonal Warren truss (1,062)
Pony truss (16,324)
Select (530)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,243)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,949)
Truss (33,160)
Warren truss (6,630)

Update Log 

  • May 1, 2021: New video from Mike Daffron
  • January 3, 2021: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • February 12, 2016: Updated by Jim Grey: Corrected all Wildcat Creek references to Mud Creek, as that is the creek this bridge spans
  • April 25, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.
  • April 17, 2010: New photos from James Norwood
  • April 4, 2009: New photo from James Norwood

Sources 

  • James Norwood
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jim Grey - mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Mud Creek IN 26 Bridge
Posted January 11, 2017, by Jeff Wieland (jjwieland [at] gmail [dot] com)

A $484,862 contract to renovate this bridge has been awarded.

Wildcat Creek IN 26 Bridge
Posted February 12, 2016, by Jim Grey (mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com)

Looks like this one just got approved for a half-million-dollar restoration.

http://wishtv.com/2016/02/08/unusual-central-indiana-bridge-...

Wildcat Creek IN 26 Bridge
Posted March 19, 2011, by Richard Tekulve (CANOEINDIANA [at] YAHOO [dot] COM)

This is actually Mud Creek which flows into Wildcat Creek about one mile north of here. Mud Creek begins aprox. 9 miles west of Tipton.

Wildcat Creek IN 26 Bridge
Posted October 3, 2008, by RB (jrbozell45 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

On Hwy 26 east of St Rd 213