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Thompson's Mill Bridge
Description
The first substantial iron bridge to be erected in Johnson County
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Big Blue River on Edinburgh-Ninevah Road
- Location
- Johnson County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built in 1869 by the King Bridge Company; Replaced 1926.
- Builder
- - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
- Design
- Bowstring through truss
- Also called
- Edinburgh Wagon Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.35567, -85.97703 (decimal degrees)
39°21'20" N, 85°58'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/588136/4356745 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 88576 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 4, 2021: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added info
- June 16, 2021: New photos from Mike Daffron
- April 9, 2020: New photos from Tony Dillon
- March 19, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Changed from pony to through truss.
- March 19, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
Sources
- Geoff Hubbs
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com