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West end

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Deck

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in May 2008

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East end

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Bridge plate

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Black River on Griffin Road
Location
Posey County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1892 by the Toledo Bridge Co.
Builder
- Toledo Bridge Co.
Design
Camelback through truss with sub-divided center panel.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 165.0 ft.
Total length: 242.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.3 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.17667, -87.91806   (decimal degrees)
38°10'36" N, 87°55'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/419590/4225815 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
New Harmony
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6500006 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16874 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2006)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 20.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
200

Categories 

19th Century (2,074)
Built 1892 (42)
Built during 1890s (810)
Camelback truss (80)
Indiana (1,607)
NR-eligible (2,623)
Open (22,300)
Owned by county (14,359)
Pin-connected (513)
Posey County, Indiana (28)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,045)
Structurally deficient (12,077)
Through truss (5,555)
Toledo Bridge Co. (7)
Total length 175-250 feet (1,867)
Truss (16,272)

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Griffin Road Bridge
Posted July 21, 2008, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Although this resembles a Pennsylvania Truss, it is actually a very early Camelback with a sub-divided center panel. Oldest Camelback in Indiana.