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Overview
Through truss bridge over Deer Creek on CR 25 East
Location
Putnam County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
built in 1891 by the St. Louis Bridge & Iron Co.
Builder
- St. Louis Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design
pinned Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 116.1 ft.
Total length: 118.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.2 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.58056, -86.84556   (decimal degrees)
39°34'50" N, 86°50'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/513263/4381216 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Cloverdale
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6700161 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16923 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2009)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 27.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
125

Update Log 

  • December 16, 2011: New photos from Tony Dillon
  • July 20, 2011: New photos from J.P.
  • October 4, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon: modified date and builder
  • December 10, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon
  • October 11, 2008: Updated by Tom Hall: added photos
  • July 4, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: common name

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
  • J.P.

Comments 

Cooper Iron Bridge
Posted October 1, 2009, by Jim Grey (mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com)

According to this video, this bridge was moved to here from the nearby National Road when the 1925 bridge was built over Deer Creek there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmLof-cZCvg