Rating:
16974
{79}%
1 vote
Cavehill Road Truss Bridge
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Photo taken 2006 by Jonathan Maxwell
BH Photo #102975
Description
Replaced a 3-span stone arch bridge that partially collapsed in July of 1947.
Contract price was $37,183.04
Facts
- Overview
- Parker through truss bridge over Laughery Creek on Cavehill Road
- Location
- Ripley County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to one-lane traffic
- History
- Built 1948
- Builder
- - Dean Brothers (Contractors)
- Design
- 9-panel, riveted Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 167.6 ft.
Total length: 174.8 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
- Recognition
-
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- County Bridge #14
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.99717, -85.18242 (decimal degrees)
38°59'50" N, 85°10'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/657398/4318034 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cross Plains
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 100
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 6900013 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16974 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of October 2016)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 57.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- March 20, 2021: New photos from Mike Daffron
- June 17, 2017: New video from Mike Daffron
- March 19, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
- September 16, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Adj. coordinates
- February 19, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
- October 28, 2009: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
- August 28, 2006: Posted photos from Jonathan Maxwell
Sources
- Jonathan Maxwell - themaxwellshouse [at] roadrunner [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Bill Eichelberger
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
During fall and winter months, this bridge is visible down in the valley while driving Olean road.