Busseron Creek Bridge

Photos 

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

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Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Busseron Creek on CR 500S

Location

Sullivan County, Indiana

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built in 1896 by the Bellefontaine Bridge & Iron Company; replaced in 1989.

Builder

- Bellefontaine Bridge & Iron Co. of Bellefontaine, Ohio

Design

Pinned, 7-panel Pratt through trusss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 103.0 ft.
Total length: 243.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.

Also called

County Bridge #106

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.01110, -87.41627   (decimal degrees)
39°00'40" N, 87°24'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/463959/4318090 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Sullivan

Inventory number

BH 44317 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• May 20, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Design
• March 4, 2010: Added by Anthony Dillon

Sources 

• Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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