Photos
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General View Looking South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Elevation View Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Elevation View Looking Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Across Traffic Level Looking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View West, Looking At Floorbeams, Stringers And Abutment In Relation To Bank Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Guardrail, Lattice Work, Pinned Connections, Turnbuckles, Deck Edge, Lower Chord Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View North, Looking At Concrete/Stone Masonry Abutments And Southeast Bearing Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View West, Barrel Shot Through Bridge Looking At Cross Members, Lattice Work And West Approach Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View East, Looking At Bridge Plaque Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Kidner Bridge Structural Steel Detail Sheet (Original Plan Sheet Is In Possession Of Ball State University, Drawings And Documents Archive, College Of Architecture And Planing, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 47306 Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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SHAARD Photo |
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SHAARD Photo |
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Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Mississinewa River on CR 700 S
- Location
- Grant County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1899; replaced 1994
- Builder
- - Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie,IN
- Design
- Pinned High-Triangular truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 184.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- 700 S Bridge
Grant County Bridge #160 - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.45167, -85.52667 (decimal degrees)
40°27'06" N, 85°31'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/624932/4478932 (zone/easting/northing)
- Elevation
- 836 ft. above sea level
- USGS topographic map
- Gas City
- Inventory number
- BH 39184 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 02/1991)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 20.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1991)
- 100
Update Log
- April 3, 2010: Updated by James Norwood: Corrected CR Bridge Number, added elevation, quad, photos
- January 23, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Alternate name
- April 22, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon
- February 5, 2009: Added by James Baughn
Sources
- Anthony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- HAER IN-78 - Kidner Bridge, Spanning Mississinewa River at County Road 700 South, Upland vicinity, Grant County, IN
- James Norwood
Comments
It's uncertain if Indiana Bridge built any more of these "High Triangular" trusses besides Kidner and Peterson Ford in Indiana, and the one over Seven Mile Creek in Preble County, Ohio. But it has been documented that IBC erection crews complained about the trusses and how difficult they were to assemble.
Yes, they are essentially Pegram trusses in configuration, but they are often not labeled as such because they are not quite exactly following the Pegram patent and Indiana Bridge Co. apparently had their own name for their design. Extremely rare and significant.
This was a particularly interesting structure. These High-Triangular trusses in Indiana and Ohio seem to be some type of cross between a Warren and a Parker Truss, much like a Pegram Truss.