Furnas Mill Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Two span Pratt through truss bridge over Sugar Creek on CR650S (Pisgah Road). Located in Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area.
- Location
- Johnson County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Future prospects
- Restored in 2006
- History
- Built in 1885 by the King Bridge Company; rehabilitated 2006
- Builder
- - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
- Design
- 2-span,pinned Pratt through truss. Wrought Iron and steel
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 118.7 ft.
Total length: 241.7 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
- Also called
- Pisgah Road Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.38227, -85.99800 (decimal degrees)
39°22'56" N, 85°59'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/586297/4359677 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Marietta
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 060270 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16439 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 03/2015)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 29.1 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 102
Update Log
- October 14, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
- August 17, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- December 30, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Wrought Iron"
- July 10, 2014: New photo from Andrew Raker
- September 16, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Adj. coordinates
- July 21, 2011: New photos from J.P.
- April 3, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
- March 29, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: updated information
- January 5, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Fixed Coordinates for bridge
- November 13, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon
- October 2, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon
- July 21, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon
- June 22, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Changed history.
Sources
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
- Andrew Raker
Comments
This is a really nice bridge that the Indiana Department of Natural Resources restored a few years back. I like to refer to this as King Bridge Company's "X's and O's" design. It is one of 3 historic truss bridges in the area of Camp Atterbury. I took the 2 pictures posted in a driving rainstorm not long after the bridge was finished. I need to return soon for some better photos of it.
Okay Jim......Found the bridge just a little to the Southeast of that location. Should be good to go now.
The geo coordinates listed here place this bridge in the middle of a woods with no creek in sight. Are these the right coordinates: 39.382258,-85.997905 ?
I like the looks of the abutments and pier carrying this bridge. Looks like they should be sturdy enough. They look to be quite massive.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/in/johnson/60270/
I hope you will; it's a great bridge.