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Middle Fork Driveway Bridge
Description
A rare surviving pre-1900 Warren pony truss that appears to have had some members riveted together at the bridge plant and then was bolted together at the site. Although the original location is unknown at the present time, it was likely acquired when it was replaced off of a county road and moved to serve as access to a house across the creek.Facts
- Overview
- Warren pony truss with alternating verticals bridge over Middle Fork Wildcat Creek on Private driveway
- Location
- Carroll County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to private traffic with large I-beams carrying the load
- History
- Built by the Chicago Bridge Company in 1894 at an unknown location and later relocated here.
- Builder
- - Chicago Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Design
- Very early example of a Warren pony truss
Mostly bolted together with some members riveted (likely in the bridge shop) - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.44593, -86.55678 (decimal degrees)
40°26'45" N, 86°33'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/537586/4477347 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Rossville
- Inventory number
- BH 67486 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 27, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
- January 11, 2019: New video from Mike Daffron
- November 10, 2018: New photos from Mike Daffron
- October 15, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
- May 9, 2015: Added by Tony Dillon
Sources
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Btw, I did not swipe it.