Historic Bridges of the U.S.

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Overview: Through truss bridge over Eel River on CR 950 North
Location: Miami County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1903; rehabilitated 1982
Builder: - Pan American Bridge Co. of New Castle, Indiana
Design: Pinned Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 140.1 ft.
Total length: 286.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.90472, -85.96556 (decimal degrees)
40°54'17" N, 85°57'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 5200041 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16646 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2005): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 32.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 100

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Eel River Bridge

Posted April 1, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Tom

Thanks for posting the pictures of the Butler Bridge. Being the oldest surviving and most ornate Pan Am (that was built in my hometown), makes it very special to me. The county was planning it's demise, to the point where I had even talked about moving part of it home. Fortunately there has been enought of a fuss raised that they have apparently backed down for now. Fine by me, it's a nice location and I like them preserved in place when possible. I just hope they take the next step and restore it!

Tony