Photos
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Overview The bridge is known as the Ft. Vallonia Bridge since Fort Vallonia is located about a mile south of the bridge. The Medora Covered Bridge is directly down stream of this bridge. Photo taken by James McCray |
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Deck View Photo taken by James McCray |
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North Portal Photo taken by James McCray |
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Bridge Plaque Photo taken by James McCray |
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Photo taken by Joshua Collins |
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Photo taken by Joshua Collins |
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Photo taken by Joshua Collins |
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Older picture of this bridge. Photo taken by Anthony Dillon |
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Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in June 2009 |
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Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in June 2009 |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over East Fork White River on CR 375 West
- Location
- Jackson County, Indiana
- Status
- Bypassed, but open to pedestrians
- History
- Built 1887
- Builder
- - Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie,IN
- Design
- pin-connected Whipple through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 123.0 ft.
Total length: 249.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.7 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.85389, -86.10944 (decimal degrees)
38°51'14" N, 86°06'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/577273/4300939 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Vallonia
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 3600128 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16338 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 04/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
- 100
Update Log
- June 10, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon
- April 1, 2009: New photo from Anthony Dillon
- June 23, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: common name, builder, and truss type
- January 30, 2008: New photos from James McCray
Sources
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
- Anthony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
Just wanted to post that this bridge is now open to foot traffic only. It's undergoing minor rehab right now. There will be a parking area on the south side to accomodate visitor parking.
I meant to say this earlier but kudos for putting up some pics of the Vallonia Bridge. It's not only one of Jackson County's more historical through truss bridges (a la Sparks Ferry & the Medora Bridge just downstream) but ranks right up there with the likes of the other through trussers in this part of the state.
Good to see the Vallonia Bridge again, a very old IBCo span. Thanks Joshua!
This is the Vallonia Bridge, a two-span Whipple thru that was one of the Indiana Bridge Company's earliest contracts. The last I heard it was on Jackson County's endangered list, but I'm not sure of the current status. It ranks with the Sparksville and Ft. Ritner bridges as one of the more interesting ones in the area.