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McCormick's Creek Park Road Bridge

Owen County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken by Chris Light

BH Photo #220846

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over McCormick's Creek in Mc Cormick's Creek State Park
Location
Owen County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1934; rehabilitated 1969
Builder
- Civilian Conservation Corps
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 53.8 ft.
Total length: 63.0 ft.
Deck width: 21.6 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 18, 1993
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.29042, -86.71735   (decimal degrees)
39°17'26" N, 86°43'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/524374/4349044 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Gosport
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
1,428
Inventory numbers
INNBI 060320 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 93000177 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16784 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Sufficiency rating: 77.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,235)
Built 1934 (798)
Built during 1930s (11,799)
Civilian Conservation Corps (152)
Deck arch (11,473)
Functionally obsolete (6,340)
Indiana (4,943)
NR-listed (2,964)
 Open (40,044)
Owen County, Indiana (88)
Owned by state (16,098)
Select (530)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,122)
Stone arch (3,097)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,324)

Update Log 

  • March 28, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • January 5, 2013: Updated by Brent Tindall: Fixed typo in name
  • January 4, 2013: New photo from Brent Tindall
  • September 16, 2012: New photos from Brent Tindall
  • November 30, 2011: Updated by J.P.: updated location
  • April 5, 2009: Updated by Robert Stephenson: NRHP, Builder and GPS

Sources 

  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Chris Light - CJKADJ [at] juno [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

Mc Cormick's Creek Park Road Bridge
Posted September 17, 2012, by Ed Hollowell (erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com)

Is this actually a stone bridge or concrete bridge with stone facade?

Mc Cormicks Creek Park Road Bridge
Posted February 23, 2009, by Chris Light (CJKADJ [at] juno [dot] com)

Here is the CCC era bridge over McCormick's Creek inside the State Park. The image is from October 2006

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