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Photos taken by Jonathan Maxwell

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Overview: Through truss bridge over Flatrock River on 600N
Location: Decatur County, Indiana
Status: Closed to traffic
History: Built ca. 1910
Design: Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 147.9 ft.
Total length: 149.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.42306, -85.56889 (decimal degrees)
39°25'23" N, 85°34'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 1600010 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16041 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2005): Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 16.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 108

Update Log

October 6, 2005: Posted photos from Jonathan Maxwell

Sources

Jonathan Maxwell - themaxwellshouse [at] roadrunner [dot] com

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Flatrock River 600N Bridge

Posted July 3, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge was built in 1904 by the Converse Bridge Company of Chattanooga, Tenn.

Mr. Converse had a working relationship with the Pan American Bridge Co. of New Castle (He would eventually become the head engineer for Pan Am), and the trusses for this bridge may have been manufactured by them. It remains closed with an uncertain future.