Name: The Abandoned Hartford Pike Bridge #1, French, Indiana | 视频 | 干净世界
Uploaded: 2023-12-08T13:56:11.031Z
Duration: 4 min 15 s
Description: www.HistoryInYourOwnBackyard.com info@HistoryInYourOwnBackyard.com 812-623-5727 About a mile and a half west of U.S 56 on Hartford Pike in Ohio ... | 视频 | 干净世界

History in Your Own Backyard

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About  a  mile  and  a  half  west  of  U.S  56  on  Hartford  Pike  in  Ohio  County,  Indiana  you’ll  cross  a  small  creek  by  way  of  a  modern  concrete  bridge.  However,  to  your  left  you’ll  notice  a  one  lane  road  going  off  into  the  brush.  That  one  lane  road  was  the  original  Hartford  Pike  up  until  about  1985  when  the  road  was  realigned  and  bypassed  this  single  lane  bridge.  I’m  not  sure  when  the  original  bridge  was  built  but  I’m  guessing  in  the  1930s.  It  has  steel  beams  running  the  length  of  the  span  with  a  wooden  floor  that  is  now  rotted  out  and  falling  apart.  The  bridge  sits  on  stone  bridge  abutments  and  doesn’t  appear  to  have  ever  had  any  guard  rails.  You  have  to  wonder  if  anyone  accidentally  drove  off  the  side  and  into  the  creek!  The  bridge  can  barely  be  seen  in  the  winter  when  the  vegetation  has  died  back  and  is  totally  hidden  during  the  summer.  This  is  one  of  many  phantom  bridges  hiding  in  plain  sight  throughout  Indiana.

GPS  Location:  39º00'34.7"N 84º54'23.0"W

Video  Release  Date:  March  19,  2023