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County Line Bridge

Hancock County, Indiana, and Rush County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken by Anthony Dillon

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BH Photo #115533

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Parker through truss bridge over Big Blue River on CR 900 East
Location
Hancock County, Indiana, and Rush County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1916 by Burk Construction Co.
Builders
- Burk Construction Co. of New Castle, Indiana
- Pan American Bridge Co. of New Castle, Indiana
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 204.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 25, 1994
Also called
Great Iron Lady of the Blue River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.70981, -85.63300   (decimal degrees)
39°42'35" N, 85°37'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/617181/4396442 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Morristown
Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
210
Inventory numbers
INNBI 3000525 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 94001356 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16252 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 86.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Big Blue River (Indiana) (20)
Built 1916 (696)
Built during 1910s (9,641)
Burk Construction Co. (19)
Functionally obsolete (6,423)
Hancock County, Indiana (32)
Indiana (4,920)
NR-listed (2,961)
Open (39,895)
Owned by county (20,788)
 Pan American Bridge Co. of New Castle, Indiana (48)
Parker through truss (1,297)
Parker truss (1,678)
Rush County, Indiana (58)
Select (530)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,989)
Through truss (15,080)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,272)
Truss (32,805)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • February 9, 2020: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • September 27, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • October 18, 2009: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • January 30, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon
  • November 13, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon
  • July 26, 2008: New photo from Anthony Dillon
  • July 21, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon
  • July 5, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon

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Comments 

County Line Bridge
Posted June 29, 2016, by Natalie

This is my favorite bridge of all the ones this site has led me to! I think this picture does a little bit more justice to the actual structure of the bridge

County Line Bridge
Posted June 29, 2016, by Natalie

This is my favorite bridge of all the ones this site has led me to! I think this picture does a little bit more justice to the actual structure of the bridge

County Line Bridge
Posted October 18, 2009, by Todd aka "bridgebuilder" (mrwalk08 [at] aol [dot] com)

Tony

This span looks similar to the three camelbacks that made up the former Hopkins Street bridge in my hometown. I plan on going to my public library and ask for permission then scan and post pictures of that bridge. The Hopkins Street bridge was built in 1914 after the great flood of 1913 took out it's iron predecessor. The camelback pratt truss lasted to 1982 when gusset plates below the deck of the center span doomed it. It was removed the fall of 1983. A concrete replacement span opened in 1984.

County Line Bridge
Posted March 27, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge was restored in recent years. It was erected by the Burk Construction Co. of New Castle, IN and the trusses were likely manufactured by the Pan American Bridge Co. also of New Castle. It is a Parker Thru Truss.

Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.