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Flatrock River US 31 Bridge

Bartholomew County, Indiana
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Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.

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Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Flatrock River on US 31 in Columbus
Location
Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1941; rehabilitated 1985; replaced ca. 2006
Design
Riveted Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 174.8 ft.
Total length: 400.8 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.23545, -85.92743   (decimal degrees)
39°14'08" N, 85°55'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/592568/4343453 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Columbus
Inventory numbers
INNBI 009290 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15813 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2006)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 85.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
21,113

Categories 

Bartholomew County, Indiana (49)
Built 1941 (303)
Built during 1940s (2,809)
Columbus, Indiana (18)
Indiana (3,350)
Lost (10,485)
Lost 2006 (213)
Lost during 2000s (3,098)
Owned by state (9,851)
 Parker through truss (954)
Parker truss (1,273)
Replaced by new bridge (7,210)
Skewed (4,083)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,966)
Through truss (9,250)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,381)
Truss (23,609)
US 31 (50)

Update Log 

  • March 19, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added truss type

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Flatrock River US 31 Bridge
Posted August 17, 2007, by Anonymous

This bridge no longer exists. It was taken out when US 31 was widened to four lanes. I thought Columbus was like about architecture and history or something. A new bridge could have been built parallel to this one. Columbus built the new cable stayed bridge over the East Fk. White river, so they could have built a new through truss parallel to this one. I'm sorry if I sounded selfish in the past sentence.