Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Blue River Main Street Bridge

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Photos

Overview

This is an interesting bridge. Depending on which way you cross, each truss section either increases or decreases in size.

Photo taken by James McCray

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Deck View

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Oblique View

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North End

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Facts

Overview: Three-span pony truss bridge over Blue River on Main Street in Milltown
Location: Crawford County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1913; rehabilitated 1977
Design: Pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 75.1 ft.
Total length: 168.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.34028, -86.27333 (decimal degrees)
38°20'25" N, 86°16'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 1300067 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15971 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2005): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 56.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1999): 120

Comments

Blue River Main Street Bridge

Posted April 26, 2008, by C. Beringer (avelyncvb [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Anyone out there heard that the bridge might be torn down and a new bridge built? I think this bridge was metioned in the Corydon Democrat in March or early April (2008). I'm always searching for information regarding Crawford Co. in my search for ancestors, so I'm not sure where I came across this information.

C. Beringer