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Coffee Bayou Bridge

Gibson 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 pony truss bridge over Coffee Bayou on Deputy Road
Location
Gibson County, Indiana
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1905; removed 1999
Builder
- Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie, Indiana
Design
Bolted, 4-panel Pratt Bedstead pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 62.0 ft.
Total length: 67.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.5 ft.
Also called
Gibson County Bridge #55
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.34830, -87.81433   (decimal degrees)
38°20'54" N, 87°48'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/428842/4244774 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Keensburg
Inventory numbers
INNBI 2600038 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 39153 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

4-panel truss (270)
Bedstead Pratt pony truss (355)
Bedstead truss (533)
Built 1905 (799)
Built during 1900s (7,252)
Gibson County, Indiana (110)
Indiana (4,933)
Indiana Bridge Co. (134)
Lost (24,968)
 Lost 1999 (439)
Lost during 1990s (3,999)
Pony truss (16,241)
Pratt pony truss (3,654)
Pratt truss (9,347)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,103)
Structurally deficient (14,103)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,318)
Truss (32,958)

Update Log 

  • March 13, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Alternate name, Builder and Design
  • April 1, 2009: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Status and year lost
  • February 4, 2009: Added by James Baughn

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Coffee Bayou Bridge
Posted January 15, 2021, by Garrett DiDomizio (garrettdidomizio [at] gmail [dot] com)

Quite a cool looking bridge! Similar in build to the Mayer road bridge in Warrick County.