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Abington Bridge

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

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Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over East Fork Whitewater River on Pottershop Road
Location
Wayne County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1881; replaced 1991
Builders
- Frank Doran (Designer)
- Morse Bridge Co. of Youngstown, Ohio (Fabricator)
Design
Pinned Whipple through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 175.9 ft.
Total length: 237.9 ft.
Deck width: 17.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 8.0 ft.
Also called
County Bridge #21
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.73346, -84.95932   (decimal degrees)
39°44'00" N, 84°57'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/674873/4400165 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Liberty
Inventory numbers
INNBI 8900019 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 39752 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/1990)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1990)
500

Categories 

19th Century (3,819)
Built 1881 (57)
Built during 1880s (1,044)
Frank Doran (3)
Indiana (3,348)
Lost (10,361)
Lost 1991 (213)
Lost during 1990s (3,217)
Morse Bridge Co. (18)
 Replaced by new bridge (7,135)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,483)
Structurally deficient (16,678)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)
Truss (23,568)
Wayne County, Indiana (91)
Whipple truss (154)

Update Log 

  • March 6, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added builder and truss type
  • February 8, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Abington Bridge
Posted May 10, 2010, by Ed Hollowell (erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com)

It seems that all the truss bridges of the Whitewater River Valley have gone. I was always impressed with the Null Town Bridge. It, the Laurel, Milton, Brookville and Abington all gone. One at Cedar Grove remains but closed. Are there any others?

Abington Bridge
Posted May 9, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Dallas, I live in New Castle and vaguely remember crossing this bridge once or twice. By that time the one span had been replaced with a concrete slab. I know when the county removed the remaining span, they said they would save the similar one in Milton........but that sure didn't happen. I guess now all we have are the memories!

Abington Bridge
Posted May 9, 2010, by Dallas Davis (camper [at] otelco [dot] net)

We used to cross this bridge 5 days a week on the school bus 2 times a day. I remember seeing holes in the deck before it became a wooden deck. I also remember them closing the bride for a while to do the work. Our school bus route changed due to this. I hated having to cross this bridge. I used to have nightmares about having to swim across the river because the bridge was out LOL. I rode the bus from 1971 to about 1981. Dallas Morgan was our bus driver on this route. The road was Smithfield road at the time. I believe it went from hwy 27 to downtown Abington. The road and crossing has changed dramtically since I moved away. Glad I found these pics.