Cataract Lake IN 42 Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete arch bridge over Cataract Lake on IN 42
- Location
- Owen County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1951; rehabilitated 1982
- Design
- Open-spandrel concrete arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 582.5 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Cagles Mill Lake Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.44833, -86.85861 (decimal degrees)
39°26'54" N, 86°51'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/512165/4366540 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cataract
- Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
- 3,490
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 015810 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16772 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of April 2018)
- 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: 92.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- August 27, 2020: New photos from Jim Grey
- June 3, 2020: New video from Mike Daffron
- April 6, 2020: New photos from Mike Daffron
- November 10, 2015: New photos from Brent Tindall
- April 24, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.
- September 24, 2009: New photos from Robert Stephenson
- April 30, 2009: Updated by Jim Grey: Added alternate name
- April 28, 2009: New photos from Jim Grey
Sources
- Jim Grey - mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com
- Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Todd Walker
- Chris Light - CJKADJ [at] juno [dot] com
- Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Yes! I believe this is one the the best times to be bridging!
I find historic bridges some of the best places to social distance!
I consider myself to be a fan of the truss bridge, BUT this sucker is impressive, especially for little old podunk Owen County. Equally neat, if you drive around ten miles east or west, you will come to IN42 Mill Creek and IN42 Eel River Through trusses. PLUS you are only a few miles away from the goodness that Putnam County can bring. Life can be swell, even in a dumb-ass pandemic
If someone ever attempted to deface the Mackinac Bridge it would be likely labeled suicidal!
I know that I posted a pic of the Mackinac Bridge on the Cataract Lake IN42 Bridge "comments". The reason I posted the "Big Mac" is because that bridge is dear to my heart, AND it is the reason I love bridges.
Sincerely
Todd
the first comment picture is not the same bridge. A picture of the Mackinaw bridge got posted here by mistake it seems.
I am very much impressed with the 2008 pics versus the "defaced" bridge in the '06 pics. I am always upset seeing what happens when you match cans of spraypaint with a bunch of idiots. If the Mackinac Bridge were to ever be visibly defaced I'd totally lose it!
Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.
I believe that this bridge was restored in the past year or two. If you scroll down on the comments for this span you will see pics from 2006 that look a lot different.
This is a beautiful arch bridge!
Is the structure painted white or is the concrete that sun bleached?
Visited this bridge in November (Thanksgiving weekend) 2006
Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/in/owen/15810/
Amazing that a gorgeous open spandrel concrete arch like this would have been built as recently as 1951. Especially with those decorative flourishes, it looks like a 1930s structure.
And this is indeed a great time to be bridgehunting. Exercise, fresh air, nobody else around, light traffic in tourist areas. I've been using the Historic Bridge Locator app a lot, although this bridge is not on it.