Photos
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Replacement bridge Photo taken by Chris Light |
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Bicycle Bridge before replacement Copyright - Paul Brandenburg |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost two-span through truss bridge over Tippecanoe River on Bicycle Bridge Road
- Location
- Carroll County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by a modern bridge in 2001
- History
- Built 1906
- Design
- Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 173.8 ft.
Total length: 365.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
- Also called
- Carroll County Bridge 102
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.56917, -86.76417 (decimal degrees)
40°34'09" N, 86°45'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/519962/4490959 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Brookston
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 0800077 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15866 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 08/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 87.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 277
Update Log
- June 29, 2008: Tom Hall reports this was actually called Maxwell Bridge -- Bicycle Bridge was over the Wabash River
- June 29, 2008: Updated by Tom Hall
- June 29, 2008: Updated by Paul Brandenburg
- May 3, 2008: New photo from Paul Brandenburg
- December 22, 2006: Posted photo of replacement bridge from Chris Light
Sources
- Chris Light - CJKADJ [at] juno [dot] com
- Paul Brandenburg - indianabridges [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
Comments
The bridge listed here as Bicycle bridge was actually known as Maxwell bridge.
Bicycle bridge was on the same road, but crossed the Wabash river west of Delphi.
This link shows the original Bicycle bridge.
Somebody told me that there was also a one-lane through truss bridge over the Wabash on Bicycle Road that was three or four spans. They said it was removed like in the late 70s or early 80s. Its such a shame that both Bicycle bridges are gone!
This is the new Bicycle Bridge over the Tippicanoe.
This bridge appears to have been torn down or moved sometime around 1999-2000! I drove to this location and found a new bridge with a plaque dating 2001 for year of completion.
This bridge appears to have been torn down or moved sometime around 1999-2000! I drove to this location and found a new bridge with a plaque dating 2001 for year of completion.