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Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Little Flatrock River on North Railroad Street
- Location
- Rush County, Indiana
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1901 by the New Castle Bridge Co.
- Builder
- - New Castle Bridge Co.
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 87.9 ft.
Total length: 94.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.8 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 28, 2000
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.50278, -85.46667 (decimal degrees)
39°30'10" N, 85°28'00" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/631832/4373695 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Rushville
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 7000173 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 00001542 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 17003 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 07/2005)
- Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
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Comments
North Railroad Street Bridge
This is a rare New Castle Bridge Co. span. The plaques say it was built in Indianapolis, but all references I have seen say they did'nt have their new plant up and running until 1902......so I beleive this one was built in New Castle. A plaque was a good way to advertise for future work, so if a move was in the works why would'nt you give the "new address". In 1905 they became the Central States Bridge Company. I hope to post some pics of this bridge soon.