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On  Lower Dillsboro  Road  in  Dearborn  County,  Indiana  is  a  former  county  road  bridge  over  South  Hogan  Creek.  There’s  not  much  information  out  there  about  the  bridge  but  this  is  what  I’ve  pieced  together.  

Although  I  wasn’t  able  to  find  out  when  the  bridge  was  constructed,  another  bridge  here  in  Dearborn  County  with  a  very  similar  design  was  built  in  1917  so  I’m  thinking  this  might  fit  into  the  age  range  for  this  bridge  as  well.  The  bridge  was  in  use  up  until  1985  when  the  span  was  bypassed  and  a  steel  culvert  was  installed  just  100  feet  upstream.

When  the  bridge  was  in  use,  heading  up  Lower  Dillsboro  Road  you  had  to  make  a  sharp  90º  turn  to  the  right  and  then  a  sharp  90º  turn  to  the  left  after  crossing  the  bridge.  I’m  sure  this  had  to  be  a  nightmare  for  anyone  driving  anything  larger  than  a  pickup  truck.  The  tight  turns  at  either  end  of  the  bridge  as  well  as  its  age  probably  had  a  lot  to  do  with  the  span  being  bypassed  in  1985.

Portions  of  the  stone  bridge  abutments  have  been  capped  with  concrete  and  a  concrete  pad  sits  directly  under  the  bridge,  probably  to  minimize  the  abutments  from  being  washed  out  during  floods.   Since  1985  this  bridge  as  served  as  the  driveway  for  the  house  on  the  other  side  of  the  creek  and  will  probably  do  just  fine  with  that  limited  amount  of  traffic  for  years  to  come.

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