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Friendship Road Bridge

Monroe County, Indiana
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Photo taken by Anthony Dillon

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Stephens Creek on Friendship Road
Location
Monroe County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1898
Builder
- Lafayette Bridge Co. of Lafayette, Indiana
Design
pinned Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 98.1 ft.
Total length: 100.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.14750, -86.40722   (decimal degrees)
39°08'51" N, 86°24'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/551223/4333312 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Unionville
Inventory numbers
INNBI 5300110 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16665 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2010)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 28.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
104

Categories 

19th Century (3,999)
Built 1898 (164)
Built during 1890s (1,609)
Indiana (3,388)
Lafayette Bridge Co. (38)
Monroe County, Indiana (39)
NR-eligible (3,789)
One-lane traffic (7,158)
Open (29,409)
 Owned by county (16,720)
Pratt through truss (3,292)
Pratt truss (5,856)
Select (538)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,836)
Steel grate deck (382)
Through truss (9,587)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,757)
Truss (24,155)

Update Log 

  • August 25, 2010: New photos from James McCray
  • August 23, 2010: New photos from J.P.
  • October 28, 2008: Updated by Robert Stephenson
  • June 24, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Builder and truss type

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Friendship Road Bridge
Posted March 28, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge was built by the Lafayette Bridge Co. I think the year is 1898. It was moved to this location at a later date. There is a derelict thru truss over the same creek just west of this bridge.

Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.

Friendship Road Bridge
Posted November 5, 2006, by Dan Reitmeyer (danreitmeyer [at] charter [dot] net)

This iron through truss bridge was rehabilitated in 2002