Milroy Bridge

Milroy Bridge

The Milroy Bridge, a pinned Pratt through truss, formerly carried IN Route 3 over the Little Flat Rock River in Milroy, Indiana.

The Milroy Bridge, a pinned Pratt through truss, formerly carried IN Route 3 over the Little Flat Rock River in Milroy, Indiana. The crossing was built in 1901 by the New Castle Bridge Company of New Castle, Indiana, 1 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

The Milroy Bridge remains one of three Pratt trusses built by the New Castle Bridge Company. 1 The entity merged into the Central States Bridge Company of Indianapolis in 1905.

Information

  • State: Indiana
  • Route:
  • Type: Pratt Through Truss
  • Status:
  • Total Length: 94 feet
  • Spans:
  • Deck Width: 15.8 feet
  • Above Vertical Clearance: 14 feet
  • Navigational Clearance:

Sources

  1. “Rush County Bridge #188.”Indiana Department of Historic Preservation & Archaeology. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. Link.

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