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Buffalo Bridges
Photos
Historical photo
BH Photo #158184
Description
In the town of Buffalo there is an island in the middle of the Tippecanoe River. In 1881 the Columbia Bridge Works built this pair of through truss bridges to cross from each side to the island. The longer "Southern" span was definitely a Whipple truss, but the shorter "Northern" one may have been a Pratt.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost pair of through truss bridges over Tippecanoe River on SR16
- Location
- Buffalo, White County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built in 1881 by the Columbia Bridge Works; replaced in 1974.
- Builders
- - Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio (also known as)
- D.H. & C.C. Morrison of Dayton, Ohio [also known as Columbia Bridge Works]
- Design
- 11-panel, pinned Whipple through truss (South span)
9-panel, pinned Pratt? through truss (North span)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.88408, -86.74684 (decimal degrees)
40°53'03" N, 86°44'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/521328/4525919 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Buffalo
- Inventory number
- BH 44466 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 2, 2020: New photo from Art Suckewer
- May 2, 2020: New photo from Mike Daffron
- January 15, 2020: New photos from Art Suckewer
- July 30, 2016: New photo from Art Suckewer
- April 2, 2010: Updated by James Norwood: Added removal date
- March 16, 2010: Added by Anthony Dillon
Sources
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- James Norwood
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com