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Facts 

Overview
Lost pony truss bridge over a branch of Big Creek on Bufkin Springfield Road
Location
Posey County, Indiana
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1915, Replaced 2002
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 36.1 ft.
Total length: 38.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.00556, -87.85389   (decimal degrees)
38°00'20" N, 87°51'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/425035/4206775 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Wadesville
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6500012 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16871 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2006)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 92.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
125

Categories 

Built 1915 (695)
Built during 1910s (3,647)
Indiana (1,592)
Lost (854)
Owned by county (14,294)
Pony truss (9,483)
Posey County, Indiana (28)
Span length 25-50 feet (6,148)
Total length 25-50 feet (5,316)
Truss (16,067)

Update Log 

  • June 28, 2008: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Bridge has been replaced

Sources 

  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com

Comments 

Bufkin Springfield Road Bridge
Posted January 3, 2007, by Clark Griswold

This pony truss was replaced in 2002 by a modern bridge.