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Hamilton Bridge

Sullivan County, Indiana
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Looking East

4/6/2008

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Busseron Creek on CR 300 South
Location
Sullivan County, Indiana
Status
Abandoned with portions of deck missing
History
Built in 1886 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Builder
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 102.0 ft.
Total length: 127.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
County Bridge #121
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.03969, -87.40192   (decimal degrees)
39°02'23" N, 87°24'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/465216/4321257 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Sullivan
Inventory numbers
INNBI 7700108 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17079 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2007)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
100

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
7-panel truss (247)
Abandoned (1,374)
Built 1886 (111)
Built during 1880s (1,045)
Indiana (3,348)
NR-eligible (3,751)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
Owned by county (16,492)
Pin-connected (1,521)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
 Pratt truss (5,660)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,300)
Structurally deficient (16,683)
Sufficiency rating zero (308)
Sullivan County, Indiana (64)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,137)
Truss (23,575)
Wooden deck (5,398)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (195)

Update Log 

  • October 6, 2012: New photos from James Baughn
  • October 16, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Changed date of construction
  • March 4, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added historic name
  • February 20, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added GPS coordinates
  • October 24, 2008: Updated by Robert Stephenson
  • September 15, 2008: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Updated status
  • June 1, 2008: New photo from Robert Stephenson

Sources 

  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Chris Light - CJKADJ [at] juno [dot] com
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Busseron Creek Bridge
Posted October 5, 2007, by Chris Light (cjkadj [at] juno [dot] com)

GPS: 39.039697, -87.401929

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