Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Big Shawnee Creek Bridge

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Overview: Through truss bridge over Big Shawnee Creek on CR 230 East
Location: Fountain County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1911
Design: Through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 118.1 ft.
Total length: 120.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.24472, -87.21833 (decimal degrees)
40°14'41" N, 87°13'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 2300112 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16115 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2006): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 25.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 116

Comments

Big Shawnee Creek Bridge

Posted March 26, 2007, by Tom Hall (thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com)

The nice thing about most of the bridges I have found in Fountain County is that they’re basically unmodified from they’re original state and though not painted, are otherwise well maintained. This bridge for example has had the floor beams replaced and nice heavy planks installed on the floor. Just goes to show that these old bridges can be repaired and not replaced.

The plaque reads: 1911

Built by the Attica Bridge Co., Attica IND.

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