Photos
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Photo taken by Joshua Collins |
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Photo taken by Tom Hall |
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Photo taken by Tom Hall |
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Photo taken by Tom Hall |
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Photo taken by Tom Hall |
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Photo taken by Tom Hall |
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Photo taken by Tom Hall |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Salt Creek on CR 10 South
- Location
- Lawrence County, Indiana
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built ca. 1870's-early1880's
- Builder
- - Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
- Design
- pinned Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 95.1 ft.
Total length: 97.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.2 ft.
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 4700125 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16511 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 05/2006)
- Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.3 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
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Update Log
- August 24, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon
- June 24, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: builder and changed date
Sources
- Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
- Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
- Anthony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
The more I look at this bridge the older I think it is. The whole structure, especially the verticals, are very light. It looks nothing like any other Smith bridges from the 1880's. I would not be surprised if this span is from the 1870's.
The date given for this bridge is incorrect. The Smith Bridge Company was sold and became the Toledo Bridge Company around 1890. This bridge almost surely dates to the late 1880's. I've not seen a plaque like this one on any other bridge.
I wanted to get more photos (side views) of this bridge, but as you can see the trees and weeds have almost swallowed this bridge up. Even though the trees weren't in bloom there were still too many of them to take a good side view photo.
Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.