Bluegrass Creek Bridge
Photos
Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.
View more info about Indiana historic bridges from the SHAARD database
BH Photo #158706
Description
This was a unique little structure with light Lattice Bedstead trusses composed largely of angles, shop-riveted into two sections and then bolted together on site. It featured an arched lower chord that I have not seen on another bedstead truss of any type. Likely constructed in the early twentieth century, the exact date and fabricator are unknown.Facts
- Overview
- Lost Lattice Bedstead pony truss bridge over Bluegrass Creek on East County Line Road
- Location
- Vanderburgh County, Indiana, and Warrick County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Replaced 1997
- Design
- Lattice Bedstead pony truss with an arched lower chord
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 62.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
- Also called
- Vanderburgh County Bridge #81
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.06332, -87.47296 (decimal degrees)
38°03'48" N, 87°28'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/458510/4212945 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Daylight
- Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
- 141
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 8200077 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 39679 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of October 2016)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 91.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- August 6, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- August 6, 2016: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated truss type
- August 6, 2016: Updated by Mike Daffron: Fixed coordinates
- March 23, 2010: Updated by J.P.: updated bridge design
- February 8, 2009: Added by James Baughn
Sources
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
Comments
Oh, my goodnes, yes. I would be bringing back a few WIBCs, MVB&IS, CBW, etc...
And even more unique Robert... I didn't realize until I read the report in SHAARD that this was a Bedstead!
If I could only turn back time 20 years!
Well shucks, you don't see a Lattice truss with a curved bottom chord everyday...
It's a shame that this bridge and the nearby Kansas Road span couldn't have "swapped" locations. Although the latter features a skew and needs to be saved before it is lost completely, it pales in comparison to this unique Lattice pony. I have yet to see another one like this!
This bridge would have been just south of Kansas Bridge in Vandenburgh
co.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/in/vanderburgh/8200077/
This bridge would have been just south of Kansas Bridge in Vandenburgh
co.