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Prairie Creek CR100E

Daviess County, Indiana

Photos 

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

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BH Photo #368208

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Camelback through truss bridge over Prairie Creek on CR 100 E
Location
Daviess County, Indiana
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built ca. 1910; Vincennes Bridge Company
Builder
- Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana
Design
Camelback through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 162.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.6 ft.
Also called
Daviess County Bridge #83
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.72172, -87.14759   (decimal degrees)
38°43'18" N, 87°08'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/487169/4285906 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Washington
Inventory number
BH 74143 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1910 (1,215)
Built during 1910s (10,019)
Camelback truss (414)
Daviess County, Indiana (43)
Indiana (5,112)
Lost (29,127)
 Owned by federal government (1,291)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,454)
Through truss (17,232)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,242)
Truss (35,988)
Vincennes Bridge Co. (125)

Update Log 

  • July 14, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • October 20, 2016: Updated by Mike Daffron: Bridge removed but not replaced

Sources 

  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Prairie Creek CR100E
Posted July 14, 2019, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

I enjoy photo #4

Prairie Creek CR100E
Posted July 14, 2019, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

Daviess County...... wow. Sooo many removals with no replacements. Why??? Must have gotten a lot in scrap.