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Thompson's Mill Bridge

Johnson County, Indiana

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Edinburgh Wagon Bridge

Photo from Town of Edinburgh

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #468036

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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)

Categories 

19th Century (8,407)
Bowstring through truss (332)
Bowstring truss (671)
Built 1869 (97)
Built during 1860s (601)
Indiana (5,098)
Johnson County, Indiana (39)
 King Bridge Co. (436)
Lost (28,561)
Lost 1926 (70)
Lost during 1920s (644)
Replaced by new bridge (19,427)
Through truss (16,834)
Truss (35,523)

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

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