Dongola #2 Steel Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Camelback through truss bridge over Patoka River on CR 300 West
- Location
- Pike County, Indiana, and Gibson County, Indiana
- Status
- Beautifully Restored
- Future prospects
- Rehabilitated and preserved in place.
- History
- Built in 1924
- Builders
- - Lawrence J. Utley of Mt. Vernon, Indiana (Contractor)
- Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana (Likely Fabricator)
- Design
- 8-panel, riveted Camelback through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 141.0 ft.
Total length: 146.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 2005
- Also called
- Pike County Bridge #81
Steel bridge at Houchins Ditch - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.38292, -87.33808 (decimal degrees)
38°22'59" N, 87°20'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/470472/4248356 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Petersburg
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 15
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 6300061 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 05000198 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16854 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of May 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 39.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- February 17, 2022: New photos from Garrett DiDomizio
- August 16, 2020: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
- September 8, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
- January 3, 2019: New photos from Carl Crasher
- August 12, 2018: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added build date and contractor
- October 28, 2017: New video from Mike Daffron
- December 1, 2016: Updated by Mike Daffron: Added County bridge number
- January 18, 2016: Updated by Mike Daffron: Open and Restored
- November 22, 2015: New photo from Michael B. Bryan
- November 20, 2015: Updated by Michael B. Bryan: Good news for this old bridge. It is just getting finished up with a complete rehab. I work for the company doing the refurbish on this and the bridge directly south about 800'. More pictures soon.
- October 9, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
- March 30, 2010: New photos from James McCray
- May 15, 2009: Updated by J.P.
- May 9, 2009: Updated by J.P.
Sources
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Michael B. Bryan - michaelbryanoil [at] icloud [dot] com
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
- Garrett DiDomizio - garrettdidomizio [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Loved seeing these 2 beautifully restored structures! The patoka wildlife refuge has so many treats to offer to bridge fanatics like myself!
Mike is correct, the Miller Bridge is on CR 500W and the 2 Dongola Bridges are 2 miles to the East on CR 300W.
I believe you may be getting mixed up with Miller Bridge, which is a few miles west on Miller Road http://bridgehunter.com/in/pike/6300157/
The location is wrong this is the location of the bridge pictured. I always call it miller bridge I don’t know where that came from but I’ve always called it that. I love this bridge.
EXCELLENT!!! I love the job! The road between this and South Fork Patoka Bridge is repaired and you can drive to both!
There are actually two bridges here, One is on 1200 E in Gibson County crossing the South Fork Patoka River and one crossing the Patoka River. The main river is the jurisdictional boundary between Gibson and Pike Counties. We were just out there in the spring and there was a sign posted with all kinds of public notices. It appears that one or both of them have been slated for restoration.
Let me say that again ... the documents indicated RESORATION not demolition.
The signage is posted on the southern bridge on the south side and I couldn't make out whether one or both were to be restored.
This bridge along with the bridge below it on CR300W are part of what is considered to be the Patoka river bridge historic district.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/in/pike/6300061/
Bridges are still standing strong, luckily with minimal graffiti!