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Morgan County Bridge #201

Morgan County, Indiana, and Hendricks County, Indiana

Photos 

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

View more info about Indiana historic bridges from the SHAARD database

BH Photo #344165

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over White Lick Creek
Location
Morgan County, Indiana, and Hendricks County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1893
Builder
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 149.2 ft.
Total length: 149.2 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.0 ft.
Also called
Joppa Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.63068, -86.39145   (decimal degrees)
39°37'50" N, 86°23'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/552224/4386944 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Plainfield
Land survey
T. 14 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 26
Inventory number
BH 70276 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,377)
Built 1893 (192)
Built during 1890s (2,547)
Hendricks County, Indiana (81)
Indiana (4,241)
Lost (19,630)
Lost 1990 (155)
Lost during 1990s (3,744)
Morgan County, Indiana (66)
 Pratt through truss (4,687)
Pratt truss (8,159)
Replaced by new bridge (12,991)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,840)
Through truss (13,141)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,343)
Truss (29,800)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (291)

Update Log 

  • June 10, 2018: New photo from Mike Daffron
  • December 18, 2015: Added by Mike Daffron

Sources 

  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com

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