Crosley Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Muscatatuck River in Crosley Fish & Wildlife Area
- Location
- Jennings County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to one-lane traffic
- History
- Built in 1937; rehabilitated 1977
- Design
- Pratt through truss
Warren pony truss approaches on both ends. - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 109.9 ft.
Total length: 211.9 ft.
Deck width: 9.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.3 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.96179, -85.61707 (decimal degrees)
38°57'42" N, 85°37'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/619816/4313446 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Vernon
- Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 143
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 060380 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16404 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of March 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- August 8, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
- August 10, 2018: New video from Mike Daffron
- August 6, 2018: New photos from Mike Daffron
- November 12, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
- March 6, 2017: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: Added category "Othmar H. Ammann Nominee" 2012
- January 22, 2017: New photos from John Key
- November 21, 2012: New photos from J.P.
- October 14, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon: date
- April 11, 2009: New photo from Anthony Dillon
- April 1, 2009: New photo from Anthony Dillon
- October 2, 2006: Posted photos from Mark Gish
Sources
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- John Key
Comments
Good news! The park has informed me that they are only replacing the deck on the bridge. It may be closed for a while, but will reopen.
I just received info that sez that this wonder may be permanently closed. Sure hope not, I will check into it.
Beauty!!
Yup Mike!... You'll loose a side-view mirror to her if your not careful!
Seriously, I believe this to be the narrowest bridge I have driven across. Truly excellent!!!
Bridge reopened to vehicals. I pity the fool in the Hummer that attempts to cross it.
This bridge is currently closed as of July 15... you can still drive back to see the bridge but you cannot cross it.
I don't know what's going on or if it will be reopened.
Actually, Powel Crosley did not start building cars until 1939. The bridge was built in 1937. They put down the last floor boards as the river was rising during the Flood of 37. The cars of the day just were not very big and since it was a private funded bridge , narrow meant cheaper.Our Crosley car club meets there each Fall and we take a group picture of all our cars on the bridge.
I love the Crosley Green Bridge and have been here many times as I live in this county. I am also a ghosthunter and my mom and dad brung me here as a small child ghosthunting and telling the Crosley monster story and i still do it today. We are here alot. It is a very peaceful place all the time but at night this place comes alive! It is a location that many from our county visit and go home with the counties urban legands fresh in their minds and I love to check out urban legands. I have many pictures of this location and ghosthunts we've done here on my myspace site if u ever wanna look. Jennings county ghost hunter!
A neat little bridge, but man is it narrow! Mr. Crosley had it built for his little cars.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/in/jennings/crosley/
my dad proposed to my step mom on this bridge. Truly beautiful