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Fall Creek Service Road Bridge

Madison County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in June 2006

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BH Photo #118446

Map 

Street View 

Video 

Fall Creek Service Bridge

Mike Daffron

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Facts 

Overview
Wrought iron Pratt through truss stored intact on dry ground for future trail use.
Location
Madison County, Indiana
Status
Closed to all traffic, moved to grass area for reuse.
History
Built 1884 by the Massillon Bridge Company; now being stored for trail use by the city of Pendleton.
Builder
- Massillon Bridge Co. of Massillon, Ohio
Design
Wrought Iron Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 99.7 ft.
Total length: 99.7 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.99892, -85.75681   (decimal degrees)
39°59'56" N, 85°45'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/606121/4428377 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ingalls
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
102
Inventory numbers
INNBI 060530 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16519 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2017)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 97.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (7,622)
Built 1884 (179)
Built during 1880s (2,009)
Closed (2,665)
Have street view (27,058)
Indiana (4,932)
Madison County, Indiana (63)
Massillon Bridge Co. (141)
 Pin-connected (3,920)
Pratt through truss (5,421)
Pratt truss (9,341)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,453)
Through truss (15,155)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,597)
Truss (32,928)

Update Log 

  • August 30, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • November 5, 2017: New video from Mike Daffron
  • March 11, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • April 24, 2011: New Street View added by Cliff Darby
  • February 19, 2011: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Updated status
  • January 23, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • March 30, 2009: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • July 26, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Cliff Darby - cliffsta1987 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Fall Creek Service Road Bridge
Posted April 23, 2011, by J.P.

found a picture of this bridge when it was being moved on the companies webpage that did the moving.

http://www.housemovingandraising.com/images/dsc00562.jpg

Fall Creek Service Road Bridge
Posted March 28, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

See below for my comments on this bridge.

Fall Creek Service Road Bridge
Posted March 28, 2007, by Anonymous

This bridge is currently sitting in the grass near it's replacement on the rear grounds of the Pendleton Reformatory. Plans call for it to be placed on a trail in the Pendleton area in the near future. It was built by the Massillon Bridge Co.