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Overview: Through truss bridge over West Fork White River on Priest Ford Road (CR 750 W)
Location: Delaware County, Indiana
Status: Open to pedestrians only
History: Bypassed by new bridge in 2001
Builder: - Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie,IN
Design: Pin-connected, 11-panel Camelback through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.16589, -85.52960 (decimal degrees)
40°09'57" N, 85°31'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number: BH 16074 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Priest Ford Bridge

Posted March 29, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge was built in 1897 by the Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie, and is 200' in length of the main span.