Cardinal Road bridge

Photos

South side

11/3/2007

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson

BH Photo #115460

Cardinal Road Bridge

Mike Daffron

Overview: Through truss bridge over Busseron Creek on Cardinal Road (CR 1100 North)
Location: Knox County, Indiana
Status: Bypassed by a new bridge
History: Built in 1895 by the Indiana Bridge Company; now bypassed
Builder: - Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie, Indiana
Design: Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 89.9 ft.
Total length: 161.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.3 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: County Bridge #165
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.89546, -87.49874 (decimal degrees)
38°53'44" N, 87°29'55" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/456749/4305293 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Carlisle
Inventory numbers: INNBI 4200004 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16451 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2013): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 21.3 (out of 100)
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Cardinal Road bridge

Posted December 13, 2015, by Mike Daffron (daffronmike [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Visited yesterday. Nifty bridge, the "replacement" is quite an insult. At least it's still there.

Cardinal Road bridge

Posted June 28, 2011, by James Simmons

I'd hardly call the new "bridge" a "modern structure" Its basically a dirt road over a pipe.

Busseron Creek Bridge

Posted January 3, 2007, by Clark Griswold

The old bridge still stands as a new modern structure has been built directly south of it.

Busseron Creek Bridge

Posted January 3, 2007, by Clark Griswold

This through truss has been closed to traffic.