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Overview: Through truss bridge over Coal Creek on CR 100 North
Location: Fountain County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
Future prospects: Scheduled to be relocated to a park in Evansville and refurbished as a pedestrian bridge.
History: Built in 1886 as part of a 7-span bridge across the Wabash near Attica, moved to this location in 1924.
Design: Wrought iron Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 127.9 ft.
Total length: 130.9 ft.
Deck width: 17.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.5 ft.
Also called: Bridge #131
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.14250, -87.24972 (decimal degrees)
40°08'33" N, 87°14'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/478728/4443603 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Mellott
Inventory numbers: INNBI 2300103 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16123 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2006): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 53.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 114