Facts
- Overview
- Closed through truss bridge over Whitewater River on IN 1 in Cedar Grove
- Location
- Franklin County, Indiana
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1896; rehabilitated 1978
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 181.7 ft.
Total length: 367.7 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.2 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.35333, -84.94278 (decimal degrees)
39°21'12" N, 84°56'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- INNBI 000516 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16167 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 03/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 27.3 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
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Comments
I may have messed up on this bridge. It is probably the one of the only ones of this type that has ever been around here. I heard the late New Trenton Bridge was actually a three-span Pratt through truss. Again, I hope this bridge can be preserved. I'd say the best time of year to take a picture would be fall or winter when there are no leaves.
This fine old two span bridge sits on the old stretch of SR 1 on the south side of Cedar Grove. It has tubular center piers which I don't know if they're steel or concrete.The closure is probably another case of where the county did not want to maintain the bridges use for vehicles anymore. The only thing I saw wrong was some of the lengthwise planking was missing. The weight limit at the time of the closure was ten tons. I just hope the county does not take after nearby Ohio with bad demolition cases. There were apparently a few more bridges of this type in the area and only this one survives. There must have been a twin structure at New Trenton which fell into disrepair and was torn down in 1992. I think this bridge is still good and strong to where it could be restored rather easily. It would be a great project to save a bridge like this if only it could happen.