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Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Big Shawnee Creek on CR 300 East
- Location
- Fountain County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- 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
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Length of largest span: 132.8 ft.
Total length: 134.8 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
- Also called
- Bridge #143
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.25167, -87.20528 (decimal degrees)
40°15'06" N, 87°12'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/482542/4455710 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Attica
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 2300113 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16116 (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: 33.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
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Sources
- Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
- Anthony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com