Historic Bridges of the U.S. | White River CR 300S Bridge

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View from a distance

Photos taken by Joshua Collins

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East portal

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West portal

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Close-up of truss

Map

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over White River on CR 300S
Location: Delaware County, Indiana
Status: Open to one lane traffic
History: Built 1902 by the Indiana Bridge Co.
Builder: - Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie,IN
Design: Camelback through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 202.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.14924, -85.55284 (decimal degrees)
40°08'57" N, 85°33'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 1800110 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16080 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2005): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 12.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2003): 353

Update Log

July 5, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon
August 18, 2006: Posted photos from Joshua Collins

Sources

Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
Anthony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

Comments

White River CR 300S Bridge

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

This bridge is actually a twin to the Preist Ford Bridge. Although it was built 5 years later, Indiana Bridge used the same drawings for both bridges.