Rating:
2 votes

Staley Bridge

Putnam County, Indiana

Photos 

Best side view I could get. From the northeast.

Photo taken by Jim Grey in July 2010

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BH Photo #171777

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Open-spandrel concrete arch bridge over a branch of Mill Creek on CR 925 East
Location
Putnam County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1930
Builder
- Dunning Supply Co. (Contractor)
Design
Open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 75.4 ft.
Total length: 127.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.7 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Branch Mill Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.52667, -86.68333   (decimal degrees)
39°31'36" N, 86°40'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/527216/4375271 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Eminence
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
113
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6700196 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16916 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 46.5 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Arch (12,155)
Built during 1930s (11,767)
Deck arch (11,392)
Dunning Supply Co. (3)
Indiana (4,932)
NR-eligible (4,056)
One-lane traffic (7,612)
Open (39,974)
 Open-spandrel arch (765)
Owned by county (20,841)
Putnam County, Indiana (97)
Select (530)
Skewed (4,915)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,453)
Structurally deficient (14,106)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,935)

Update Log 

  • January 6, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • September 17, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: added builder
  • December 4, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added historic name
  • August 3, 2010: Updated by Jim Grey: Updated bridge type.

Sources 

  • Jim Grey - mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Staley Bridge
Posted January 6, 2019, by Dana and Kay Klein

Cool, Thanks for Making the Journey!

Staley Bridge
Posted January 6, 2019, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

What an awesome little bridge! And in the middle of an unlikely area. Appleby Ford was just to the south a little. The area has gotten a lot of water lately making the slopes a little slippery. I almost luged into the old drink.