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Myers Road Bridge

Warrick County, Indiana

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Swollen Waters

One can see that the creek is over its banks when this photo was taken.

Photo taken by James McCray

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BH Photo #194449

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Overview
Pratt bedstead pony truss bridge over Caney Creek on Myers Road
Location
Warrick County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1920; rehabilitated 1987
Design
Riveted, 4-panel Pratt bedstead pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 62.0 ft.
Total length: 64.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Caney Creek Bridge
County Bridge #310
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.97472, -87.23111   (decimal degrees)
37°58'29" N, 87°13'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/479702/4203035 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Richland City
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
107
Inventory numbers
INNBI 8700147 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17194 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 28.2 (out of 100)
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Categories 

4-panel truss (268)
Bedstead Pratt pony truss (349)
Bedstead truss (525)
Built during 1920s (9,608)
Have street view (25,665)
Indiana (4,649)
NR-eligible (4,016)
One-lane traffic (7,545)
Open (38,485)
Owned by county (20,171)
Pony truss (15,746)
 Pratt pony truss (3,503)
Pratt truss (8,827)
Riveted (2,059)
Select (530)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,675)
Structurally deficient (15,585)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,024)
Truss (31,426)
Warrick County, Indiana (46)
Wooden deck (6,012)

Update Log 

  • September 1, 2018: New photo from Carl Crasher
  • April 17, 2018: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • February 28, 2011: New photos from James McCray
  • April 20, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
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Myers Road Bridge
Posted August 1, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Nice Bedstead!.....I'd like to know if the I-beam across the top chord is original, or if it was added later in an attempt to make it more rigid.

Myers Road Bridge
Posted July 31, 2009, by Bob (yosh6654 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

A couple of pics.