Historic Bridges of the U.S.

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Photos

Overview

The bridge is known as the Ft. Vallonia Bridge since Fort Vallonia is located about a mile south of the bridge. The Medora Covered Bridge is directly down stream of this bridge.

Photo taken by James McCray

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Deck View

Photo taken by James McCray

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North Portal

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Bridge Plaque

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Photo taken by Joshua Collins

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over East Fork White River on CR 375 West
Location: Jackson County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1887
Builder: - Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie,IN
Design: pin-connected Whipple through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 123.0 ft.
Total length: 249.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.85389, -86.10944 (decimal degrees)
38°51'14" N, 86°06'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 3600128 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16338 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2005): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2000): 100

Comments

Vallonia Bridge

Posted June 26, 2008, by Chad Kelham (ckelham [at] ballstate [dot] bsu [dot] edu)

I meant to say this earlier but kudos for putting up some pics of the Vallonia Bridge. It's not only one of Jackson County's more historical through truss bridges (a la Sparks Ferry & the Medora Bridge just downstream) but ranks right up there with the likes of the other through trussers in this part of the state.

East Fork White River Bridge

Posted May 25, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Good to see the Vallonia Bridge again, a very old IBCo span. Thanks Joshua!

East Fork White River Bridge

Posted April 18, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This is the Vallonia Bridge, a two-span Whipple thru that was one of the Indiana Bridge Company's earliest contracts. The last I heard it was on Jackson County's endangered list, but I'm not sure of the current status. It ranks with the Sparksville and Ft. Ritner bridges as one of the more interesting ones in the area.