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Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Big Creek on IN 3
Location: Jefferson County, Indiana
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1933; rehabilitated 1968; replaced 1992
Builder: - Indiana State Highway Department
Design: Riveted Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 198.2 ft.
Total length: 200.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.80991, -85.64676 (decimal degrees)
38°48'36" N, 85°38'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/617494/4296551 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Deputy
Inventory numbers: INNBI 000740 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 39305 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/1989): Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 45.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1988): 1,300

February 14, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added builder, truss type, and adj. GPS coordinates.
February 6, 2009: Added by James Baughn