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Halfway Creek CR 1000W Bridge
Description
This unusual bridge had no lower chord. It featured latticed and flared endposts that were used by the Buckeye Bridge Works on other spans.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pony truss bridge over Halfway Creek on CR 43 East (1000W)
- Location
- Jay County, Indiana
- Status
- Removed and replaced
- History
- Built ca. 1880
- Builder
- - Buckeye Bridge Works of Cleveland, Ohio (Likely fabricator)
- Design
- 2-panel Pinned, Pratt bedstead pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 32.2 ft.
Total length: 34.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
- Also called
- Old County Bridge #243
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.33946, -85.16847 (decimal degrees)
40°20'22" N, 85°10'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/655566/4467045 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Redkey
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 3800007 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 39295 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 28, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added new information and updated status
- February 6, 2009: Added by James Baughn