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

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Buffalo Creek on Buffalo Bottoms Road
Location: Washington County, Indiana
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1898 by the Chicago Bridge Co.; replaced 1997
Builder: - Chicago Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design: Pinned Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 108.9 ft.
Total length: 109.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.8 ft.
Also called: Buffalo Creek Bridge
County Bridge #13
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.75757, -86.21412 (decimal degrees)
38°45'27" N, 86°12'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/568282/4290167 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Medora
Inventory numbers: INNBI 8800010 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 39735 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/1990): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 27.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1986): 100