Big Rocky Fork Iron Bridge

Photos 

Unique bridge

Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in April 2009

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BH Photo #136425

Map 

Video 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Big Rocky Fork Creek on CR 700S east of Mansfield

Location

Parke County, Indiana

Status

Open to pedestrians only

History

Built ca. 1890 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.

Builder

- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio

Design

Pinned Pratt through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 104.0 ft.
Total length: 108.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.

Also called

County Bridge #11

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.67444, -87.08689   (decimal degrees)
39°40'28" N, 87°05'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/492548/4391627 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Mansfield

Inventory numbers

INNBI 6100009 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 42195 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 06/1990)

Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 23.4 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 1990)

100

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 16, 2017: Updated by Robert Elder: Added category "Laced endposts"
• October 15, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
• June 17, 2017: New video from Mike Daffron
• May 31, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
• March 5, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added county bridge number
• February 2, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
• May 16, 2009: Updated by Robert Stephenson
• April 3, 2009: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Length, Span and GPS
• April 2, 2009: Added by Anthony Dillon

Sources 

• Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com

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