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Busseron Creek Bridge

Sullivan County, Indiana

Photos 

East end, looking Northwest

5/24/2008

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson

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BH Photo #114640

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Busseron Creek on CR 900 North
Location
Sullivan County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1935
Design
Two closed-spandrel concrete arches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 51.8 ft.
Total length: 105.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Also called
Sullivan County Bridge #297
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.21522, -87.31157   (decimal degrees)
39°12'55" N, 87°18'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/473102/4340706 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hymera
Land survey
T. 9 N., R. 8 W., Sec. 16
Inventory numbers
INNBI 7700249 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17081 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,161)
Built 1935 (1,451)
Built during 1930s (11,771)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,030)
Deck arch (11,398)
Functionally obsolete (6,366)
Indiana (4,933)
Lost (24,973)
 Lost 2008 (350)
Lost during 2000s (4,198)
One-lane traffic (7,613)
Owned by county (20,849)
Replaced by new bridge (16,768)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,103)
Sullivan County, Indiana (80)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,189)

Update Log 

  • March 10, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • January 19, 2017: Updated by Clark Vance: Bridge has been replaced
  • March 23, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Alternate name
  • June 2, 2008: New photos from Robert Stephenson

Sources 

  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Busseron Creek Bridge
Posted January 19, 2017, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Looks like an older Luten style arch to me.