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French Drive Bridge

Vigo County, Indiana

Photos 

West end

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in October 2007

Enlarge

BH Photo #116352

Map 

Video 

French Drive Bridge

video by Mike Daffron

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Prairie Creek on French Drive
Location
Vigo County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1941
Design
Riveted Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 70.5 ft.
Total length: 71.8 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Vigo County Bridge #77
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.28833, -87.48639   (decimal degrees)
39°17'18" N, 87°29'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/458054/4348886 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pimento
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
855
Inventory numbers
INNBI 8400056 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17145 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 31.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1941 (469)
Built during 1940s (4,108)
Indiana (4,934)
NR-eligible (4,056)
Open (39,987)
Owned by county (20,859)
Pony truss (16,245)
Select (530)
 Span length 50-75 feet (10,104)
Structurally deficient (14,098)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,318)
Truss (32,984)
Vigo County, Indiana (54)
Warren pony truss (3,372)
Warren truss (6,583)

Update Log 

  • August 6, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • April 29, 2018: New video from Mike Daffron
  • April 19, 2018: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • October 15, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • October 23, 2016: Updated by Mike Daffron: Added County Bridge Number
  • July 2, 2008: New photos from Robert Stephenson

Sources 

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

French Drive Bridge
Posted February 26, 2020, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Thanks for posting this Nathan... I saw it the other day but got busy and forgot to do so.

French Drive Bridge
Posted February 26, 2020, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

Prairie Creek park is only a couple of miles east of the bridge's present location. Oh well. At least it will be saved. "If this bridge had regular painting maintenance we may have been able to keep if for several more years." Ho-hum.

French Drive Bridge
Posted February 26, 2020, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

To be relocated to Prairie Creek Park eventually

https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/vigo-undertakes-rep...