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Bear Creek Bridge

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Looking through to the North

Photo taken by Anthony Dillon

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Bear Creek on CR 450 West
Location
Randolph County, Indiana
Status
Closed to all traffic with deck missing
History
Built ca.1895
Design
Pinned , Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 57.4 ft.
Total length: 61.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.1 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Bridge #49
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.27096, -85.06462   (decimal degrees)
40°16'15" N, 85°03'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/664553/4459628 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Ridgeville
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6800035 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16955 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2007)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 28.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
91

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Abandoned (1,374)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Indiana (3,348)
NR-eligible (3,751)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
Owned by county (16,492)
Pony truss (13,217)
Pratt pony truss (2,342)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Randolph County, Indiana (22)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Structurally deficient (16,683)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,897)
Truss (23,575)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • September 22, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • March 2, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added truss type and adjusted GPS coordinates
  • January 31, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Alternate name (county bridge #)

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com