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Overview

The Boner Bridge has been completely restored. The bridge is a three span Bowstring Arch truss bridge.

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Deck View (East End)

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Oblique View (From the East)

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Deck View (West End)

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Main Truss Span

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Oblique View (From the West)

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Truss Railing and Outrigging Details

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Railing Detail Between Trusses

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Eastern Truss Span

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Western Truss Span Outrigging Detail

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Main Truss Span Overhead Detail

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South Face of Eastern Truss Span

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South Face of Main Truss Span

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Underneath the Bridge

Note the bridge supports.

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Closeup of Eastern Span

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Builder's Inscription

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Bowstring through truss bridge over Little Pigeon Creek on Boner Road
Location: Warrick County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1866
Builder: - King Iron Bridge Co.
Design: Bowstring through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 161.0 ft.
Total length: 254.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.5 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Pyatt's Mill Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.94194, -87.25167 (decimal degrees)
37°56'31" N, 87°15'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 8700124 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17189 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2005): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 23.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 65

Update Log

July 21, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Alternate name
May 28, 2008: Updated by James McCray
May 27, 2008: New photos from James McCray

Sources

James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
Anthony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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Boner Road Bridge

Posted February 13, 2007, by Dan Reitmeyer (danreitmeyer [at] charter [dot] net)

Repairs on the Boner road bridge are complete

Boner Road Bridge

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

This bridge has been completly rehabilitated in 2006

Boner Road Bridge

Posted July 13, 2006, by Dan Reitmeyer (danreitmeyer [at] charter [dot] net)

Bridge is undergoing repairs at this time