Geneva Ford Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Sand Creek on CR 250 West
- Location
- Jennings County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1907
- Builder
- - Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie, Indiana
- Design
- Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 122.0 ft.
Total length: 124.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.08435, -85.65878 (decimal degrees)
39°05'04" N, 85°39'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/616002/4326993 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- North Vernon
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 4000028 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16419 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 12/2008)
- 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: 28.1 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1994)
- 75
Update Log
- July 21, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: common name, builder, and date of construction.
- December 18, 2006: Posted photos from Mark Gish
Sources
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
Comments
Unless something crazy has happened that I don't know about... then it is still there!
The girl was actually talking about the High Banks Bridge in Delaware County that she thought was being torn down. I was happy to be able to contact her and let her know it was being dismantled to be restored and rebuilt in the same location.
http://www.bridgehunter.com/in/delaware/white-300s/
Leah is still a friend of mine today and visits "her" bridge quite often.
The message about the demolished bridge appears to refer to a different bridge based on the included photos. This bridge was still standing in 2010 i i visited it.
According to the 2011 NBI it is.
Apparently sometimes people mistake rehab crews for demolition crews.
Is this bridge still there? The post about tearing it down was almost 4 years ago. Was it not torn down or the site just hasn't been updated?
This bridge is being torn down. I often drive through the countryside to escape from the somewhat city life with my friends and we have loved this bridge for years. I've seen the seasons change from this bridge. It is a symbol of friendship and it will be sadly and deeply missed.
Rest in peace dearest friend.
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