Sometimes, historic bridges (pre-1966) cannot be rehabbed to meet current/future traffic, but what happens then?

INDOT's Historic Bridges Program steps in -- we offer the historic bridge to any group/individual that may want to take ownership. These groups may choose to relocate, preserve or repurpose the bridge. Sometimes, bridges have even been removed, dismantled and stored until there is a plan in place.

The bridge pictured is one of our Historic Bridge Program success stories. A Putnam County bridge, originally built in 1913 to span Big Walnut Creek, was removed in 2011, rehabilitated, and transported to Carroll County.

The restored 160-foot iron bridge was installed in Delphi’s Canal Park, where it spans a stretch of the Wabash and Erie Canal and serves as a footbridge linking a Carroll County Historical Society site and the canal interpretive center.