Big Raccoon Creek CR 1000S Bridge

Photos

Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.

BH Photo #392938

Unusual design for an IBCo. bridge, may have been sublet to them by the Elkhart Bridge Company as it matches some of their other spans.

Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Big Raccoon Creek on County Road 1000 South
Location: Montgomery County, Indiana
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1901
Builder: - Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie, Indiana
Design: 6-panel, pinned Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Span length: 112.0 ft.
Total length: 112.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.9 ft.
Also called: Old County Bridge #196
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.89446, -86.83669 (decimal degrees)
39°53'40" N, 86°50'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/513961/4416056 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Ladoga
Inventory number: BH 77462 (Bridgehunter.com ID)