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Prairie Creek Bridge

Sullivan County, Indiana

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Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Prairie Creek on CR 875 W
Location
Sullivan County, Indiana
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1899; removed 2000
Design
Pinned, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 96.1 ft.
Total length: 101.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Also called
County Bridge #258
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.23654, -87.56832   (decimal degrees)
39°14'12" N, 87°34'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/450952/4343179 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Fairbanks
Inventory numbers
INNBI 7700216 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 39649 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,622)
6-panel truss (652)
Built 1899 (400)
Built during 1890s (2,995)
Indiana (4,932)
Lost (24,938)
Lost 2000 (389)
Lost during 2000s (4,194)
Pratt through truss (5,421)
 Pratt truss (9,341)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,453)
Structurally deficient (14,109)
Sufficiency rating zero (215)
Sullivan County, Indiana (80)
Through truss (15,159)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,188)
Truss (32,933)
Wooden deck (6,073)

Update Log 

  • March 25, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Adjusted GPS and Added Built and Lost dates
  • March 4, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added coordinates and truss type.
  • April 11, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon
  • February 8, 2009: Added by James Baughn

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