Rating:
15968
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2 votes
Rothrock Mill-Indian Creek Trail Bridge
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Old Rothrock Bridge Becoming New Again
The O.R.B. is getting a new lease on life. It will soon be used as a pedestrian bridge on the Indian Creek Nature Trail in the Hayswood Nature Preserve in Corydon, IN.
Photo taken by James McCray
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BH Photo #203308
Facts
- Overview
- Parker through truss bridge Through truss bridge relocated (from CR 30 over the Blue River) for a pedestrian trail over Indian Creek in the Hayswood Nature Preserve
- Location
- Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1915; relocated in 2011-12 to a pedestrian trail over Indian Creek in the Hayswood Nature Preserve
- Design
- Pin-connected, 9-panel Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 156.5 ft.
Total length: 161.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
- Recognition
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Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Crawford County Bridge #39
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.20785, -86.14012 (decimal degrees)
38°12'28" N, 86°08'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/575282/4229226 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Corydon West
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 137
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 1300031 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15968 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of September 2017)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 71.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- August 17, 2019: New photos from Ben Tate
- October 14, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
- August 11, 2014: New photos from Andrew Raker
- August 2, 2014: New photos from Andrew Raker
- July 9, 2014: New photos from Andrew Raker
- January 27, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Updated status
- July 6, 2011: New photos from J.P.
- July 6, 2011: Updated by James McCray: updated various info to reflect bridge's new location and purpose
- June 14, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated status
- February 12, 2009: Updated by James McCray
- March 24, 2008: Updated by James McCray
Sources
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Indian Creek trail progresses in Corydon - The Corydon Democrat - Oct. 14, 2008
- Luke
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
- C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Andrew Raker
- Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
The Old Rothrock Mill Bridge is now open as part of the Indian Creek Trail Hayswood section, pedestrain traffic only.