Crow's Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Big Walnut Creek on CR 100 East
- Location
- Putnam County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced and dismantled
- Future prospects
- Closed for replacement in May 2016
- History
- Built 1902
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 119.1 ft.
Total length: 121.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Putnam County Bridge #137
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.67611, -86.83111 (decimal degrees)
39°40'34" N, 86°49'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/514484/4391823 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Greencastle
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 6700122 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16907 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 03/2013)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 21.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
- 516
Update Log
- January 2, 2017: Updated by Mike Daffron: added county bridge number
- May 9, 2016: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated info
- May 9, 2016: Updated by Andy Peters: corrects spelling to Crowe's
- November 11, 2015: New photos from Brent Tindall
- July 29, 2015: New Street View added by David Backlin
- July 29, 2015: Updated by J.P.: bridge doomed
- February 2, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
- April 3, 2009: New photos from Anthony Dillon
- June 25, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: common name, builder, and truss type
Sources
- Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Janis Ford
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
- Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
I'll post this in my Chronicles page and include your contact details. Glad they decided to keep the bridge intact and give it up for sale.....
JS
This bridge is available to purchase if anyone knows of a prospective buyer, let them know, or let me know.
Yeah... Not spelled wrong just once, but 3 times.
Unfortunately, Putnam County cares little for it's historic bridges. They ride Parke County's coat-tails with the covered spans, but are happy to ignore the steel trusses. A once very nice collection has been whittled down to near nothing.
A real shame!
Here is the article for posterity:
http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/2302676.html
Road to close up to 6 months for Crowe's Bridge replacement
Friday, May 6, 2016
County Road 100 East between 25 South and 200 North in Greencastle Township will be closed on or after Monday, May 9 for bridge replacement.
The federal aid project will replace Crowe's Bridge, the 113-year-old iron truss bridge spanning Big Walnut Creek. The project has been in the works since 1999.
Once the road may only be closed for 180 days, County Highway Supervisor Mike Ricketts reported. This should put the estimated completion date of the project no later than November.
The county learned several years ago that Crowe's would not be placed on the National Register of Historic Places, making the replacement easier and less costly.
Sorry Andy... But this is a replacement not a repair according to what info I have.
Also, as you will often find, the paper had the name wrong and it should actually be Crow's Bridge.
Closed for repairs in 2016
I hate to see any bridge go away. Maybe someone should tell the folks in Brown County (who were going to get the Eel River bridge at Bowling Green) about this baby. Perhaps it could fill one of their needs!!!
Members of the Greencastle High School Class of 1929, including my father Manford R. Craver and Dr. Anne S. Nichols and their friends used to go to the bridge, climb it, and dive into the water! This bridge is destined for destruction in 2016 and its charm will be missed. Nothing replacing it can fill the void.
Crowe's Bridge to be replaced in 2016
At least they didn't replace it
Yup....they were there!
I wish Putnam County would quit piddling around and just do regular rehabs on their neat bridges.
The Hibbs Ford Bridge is proof that they do know how!
8/30/09 Bridge now has extra cables in place. They did a great job of making them look like part of the bridge. You barely notice they are there.
Did they just get added in the last 4 months, or are they present in the photos from April & I just can't see them?
Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.
This one is known as Crow's bridge.
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