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Black River-Eastville Rd. Bridge

Posey County, Indiana

Photos 

West side

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in May 2008

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BH Photo #116617

Map 

Street View 

Video 

Black River-Eastville Rd. Bridge

Mike Daffron

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Facts 

Overview
Two-span pony truss bridge over Black River on Eastville Road
Location
Posey County, Indiana
Status
Open, but with severe damage to road surface
History
Built 1899
Builder
- Lafayette Bridge Co. of Lafayette, Indiana
Design
Main span: Pin-connected, 4-panel Pratt half-hip pony truss
South approach: Bolted, 3-panel Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 56.1 ft.
Total length: 121.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Posey County Bridge #58
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.20737, -87.87148   (decimal degrees)
38°12'27" N, 87°52'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/423701/4229182 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Poseyville
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
134
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6500198 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16872 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 18.5 (out of 100)
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Categories 

19th Century (7,443)
4-panel truss (270)
Built 1899 (395)
Built during 1890s (2,956)
FrankenBridge (5)
Half-hip Pratt pony truss (500)
Have street view (26,552)
Indiana (4,880)
Lafayette Bridge Co. (71)
Multiple span pony truss (23)
NR-eligible (4,047)
One-lane traffic (7,566)
Open (39,666)
 Owned by county (20,597)
Pin-connected (3,864)
Pony truss (16,103)
Posey County, Indiana (72)
Pratt pony truss (3,606)
Pratt truss (9,199)
Select (530)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,985)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,137)
Truss (32,516)
Warren pony truss (3,306)
Warren truss (6,458)

Update Log 

  • November 15, 2020: New photos from Grant DiDomizio
  • June 9, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated status to closed
  • September 28, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • April 16, 2019: Updated by Erik Hoffman: Added categories "Multiple span pony truss", "FrankenBridge"
  • September 22, 2018: New video from Mike Daffron
  • September 16, 2018: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • March 25, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • March 15, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Street view
  • March 6, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Alternate name, Builder and Design
  • July 6, 2008: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Updated description

Sources 

  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Grant DiDomizio - grantdidomizio [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Black River-Eastville Rd. Bridge
Posted November 16, 2020, by Anonymous

it would appear so, there is nothing stopping anybody from going accross. I myself did not want to though, the bridges do not seem to be in the best condition to be supporting excess weight.

Black River-Eastville Rd. Bridge
Posted November 15, 2020, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

Hey Grant. Is this bridge open again?

Eastville Road Bridge
Posted October 18, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

These mismatched spans appear to have been moved here at some point in time. They are staggered on the center pier, and I doubt they would have been originally built that way.