Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Friendship Road Bridge

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Photo taken by Anthony Dillon

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East side

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in October 2008

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South portal

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Deck

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Bridge plate

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in October 2008

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Stephens Creek on Friendship Road
Location: Monroe County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1898
Builder: - Lafayette Bridge Co.
Design: pinned Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 98.1 ft.
Total length: 100.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.14750, -86.40722 (decimal degrees)
39°08'51" N, 86°24'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/551223/4333312 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Unionville
Inventory numbers: INNBI 5300110 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16665 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 48.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 309

Comments

Friendship Road Bridge

Posted March 28, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge was built by the Lafayette Bridge Co. I think the year is 1898. It was moved to this location at a later date. There is a derelict thru truss over the same creek just west of this bridge.

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Friendship Road Bridge

Posted November 5, 2006, by Dan Reitmeyer (danreitmeyer [at] charter [dot] net)

This iron through truss bridge was rehabilitated in 2002