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Branch Rock Lick Creek Bridge

Lawrence County, Indiana
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Photo taken by James McCray

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Branch Rock Lick Creek on CR 500 South
Location
Lawrence County, Indiana
Status
Removed and replaced with a culvert
History
Built ca. 1910
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 85.9 ft.
Total length: 90.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.78472, -86.43667   (decimal degrees)
38°47'05" N, 86°26'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/548927/4293038 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Bedford East
Inventory numbers
INNBI 4700053 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16494 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2010)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 23.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
261

Categories 

Built during 1910s (6,761)
Indiana (3,350)
Lawrence County, Indiana (53)
Lost (10,495)
Lost 2012 (148)
Lost during 2010s (706)
NR-eligible (3,751)
One-lane traffic (7,119)
Owned by county (16,526)
 Pony truss (13,212)
Replaced by new bridge (7,220)
Select (538)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,740)
Structurally deficient (16,730)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,813)
Truss (23,615)
Warren pony truss (1,987)
Warren truss (3,959)

Update Log 

  • January 2, 2013: Updated by Tony Dillon: Bridge is being replaced.
  • January 9, 2012: New photo from Nick
  • July 8, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added truss type.
  • April 5, 2010: New photos from James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Bill Eichelberger
  • Nick
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Branch Rock Lick Creek Bridge
Posted January 2, 2013, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Unfortunately true and apparently an in-house job to keep out the red tape of this bridge being a "Select" span.

http://www.wbiw.com/local/archives/2012/10/work_continues_on_twin_bridges.php

Branch Rock Lick Creek Bridge
Posted January 2, 2013, by T.M. (apmarino1966 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge and the one next to it are gone.