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Oakdale Dam Bridge

Carroll County, Indiana, and White County, Indiana

Photos 

www.carrollcountymuseum.org

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BH Photo #175573

Map 

Description 

Contract price for this bridge was $9,129.80 View a picture at http://www.carrollcountymuseum.org/photo/item.php?in=101264 Full Story of bridges history and a view of a piece that survives today can be found at http://www.douglascoulter.com/BridgeSigns/body_columbia_brid...

Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Tippecanoe River on CR 725N
Location
Carroll County, Indiana, and White County, Indiana
Status
Demolished
History
Built 1888 by the Columbia Bridge Company, demolished in 1984
Builders
- Columbia Bridge Co. of Dayton, Ohio
- Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio
Design
(2)13-panel, pinned Whipple through trusses.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 400.0 ft.
Also called
Sheets Mill Bridge
Oakdale Mill Bridge
Oakendale Mill Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.65333, -86.75651   (decimal degrees)
40°39'12" N, 86°45'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/520584/4500303 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Monticello South
Inventory number
BH 44460 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,562)
Built 1888 (219)
Built during 1880s (1,992)
Carroll County, Indiana (99)
Columbia Bridge Co. of Dayton, Ohio (23)
Columbia Bridge Works (90)
Indiana (4,918)
Lost (24,723)
Lost 1984 (110)
 Lost during 1980s (1,370)
Replaced by new bridge (16,571)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,987)
Through truss (15,056)
Tippecanoe River (23)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,224)
Truss (32,776)
Whipple truss (386)
White County, Indiana (50)

Update Log 

  • February 14, 2021: Updated by Art Suckewer: Added CBCo. to CBW to be technically correct
  • September 24, 2010: New photo from Anthony Dillon
  • August 31, 2010: New photo from Richard Hendrix
  • March 17, 2010: Updated by James Norwood: Added names, Links to photo and Story about bridge
  • March 16, 2010: Added by Anthony Dillon

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Comments 

Oakdale Dam Bridge
Posted June 5, 2014, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Yes... It was indeed a Whipple

Oakdale Dam Bridge
Posted June 5, 2014, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Looks like a Whipple to me.

Oakdale Dam Bridge
Posted June 5, 2014, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

In the pictures the bridge looks like a double intersection Pratt or Whipple. I changed the designation, can anyone confirm?

Regards,

Art S.

CR 725 North Oakdale Dam Bridge
Posted March 17, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Thanks for adding the links for this bridge James. Back in 2006 while I was doing inspection on an iron bridge rehabilitation, I came across a picture of one of the portals on the bridge. I didn't think to copy it then, and of course now I can't find it!

Oakdale Dam Bridge
Posted March 16, 2010, by James Norwood

I forgot about this one, thanks Anthony. The most memorable trip across this bridge was with my classmates from Yoeman Elementary School as we passed over on a school bus while on our way to Camp Tecumseh. I remember not being worried that it would collapse, just worried that we would hit the top of the truss. This was of course replaced quickly with the view of the dam and the adjacent restaurant located on a hill near the dam gates and main structure with the sign reading "Best Dam Catfish" hanging beside part of the spillway. This would be the Spring of 1982.