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Photos taken Oct. 2006 by Tom Hall

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Deck view

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View from below

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Overview: Four-span concrete arch bridge over Tippecanoe River on Pretty Prairie Road
Location: Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1925; rehabilitated 1977
Design: Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 96.1 ft.
Total length: 378.8 ft.
Deck width: 23.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.54270, -86.76422 (decimal degrees)
40°32'34" N, 86°45'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 7900102 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17109 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2006): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 60.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2003): 1,749

Pretty Prairie Road Bridge

Posted October 16, 2007, by Christopher Light (cjkadj [at] juno [dot] com)

Remains of an older bridge are visible under the current bridge.

1 Stone abutment on the west bank

2 Stones from the east bank abutment.

3 old right-of-way, next to the existing west approach road.