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Muscatatuck River IN 256 East Bridge

Jackson County, Indiana, and Scott County, Indiana

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The bridge is almost an exact copy of its sister bridge three miles to the west.

Photo taken by James McCray

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Muscatatuck River IN 256 East Bridge

Mike Daffron

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Muscatatuck River on IN 256
Location
Jackson County, Indiana, and Scott County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1941; rehabilitated 1984
Design
Riveted, 10-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 174.8 ft.
Total length: 284.7 ft.
Deck width: 23.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.74250, -85.84333   (decimal degrees)
38°44'33" N, 85°50'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/600521/4288837 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Scottsburg
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
1,547
Inventory numbers
INNBI 030840 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16347 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2015)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 61.7 (out of 100)
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Categories 

10-panel truss (151)
Built 1941 (432)
Built during 1940s (3,767)
Have street view (24,143)
Indiana (4,292)
Jackson County, Indiana (66)
Muscatatuck River (16)
Open (37,588)
Owned by state (14,418)
 Parker through truss (1,197)
Parker truss (1,557)
Riveted (1,974)
Scott County, Indiana (16)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,872)
Through truss (13,269)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,760)
Truss (30,033)

Update Log 

  • April 14, 2018: New video from Mike Daffron
  • November 12, 2017: New photo from Mike Daffron
  • April 10, 2011: Updated by James Baughn: Merged with duplicate listing

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  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
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Muscatatuck River IN 256 Bridge
Posted August 10, 2012, by Evelyn Taylor (katiedid2g [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This is a beautiful bridge. Driving over it going west from Austin on 256 you get the feeling your going back in time. Very little has change to the landscape there.