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Deer Creek Bridge

Carroll County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken by unknown

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BH Photo #136578

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost concrete arch bridge over Deer Creek on US 421
Location
Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1935; replaced 2000
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 65.0 ft.
Total length: 134.8 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Also called
Delphi Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.58333, -86.67333   (decimal degrees)
40°34'60" N, 86°40'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/527645/4492556 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Delphi
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
10,908
Inventory numbers
INNBI 032300 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 38872 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2016)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 72.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (11,383)
Built 1935 (1,716)
Built during 1930s (10,921)
Carroll County, Indiana (94)
Closed-spandrel arch (3,714)
Deck arch (10,626)
Deer Creek (Carroll County, Indiana) (13)
Delphi, Indiana (23)
Functionally obsolete (7,634)
 HAER documented (1,100)
Indiana (4,402)
Lost (20,685)
Lost 2000 (381)
Lost during 2000s (3,826)
Replaced by new bridge (13,551)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,337)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,496)

Update Log 

  • February 14, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Alternate name and HAER data
  • April 5, 2009: New photo from James Norwood
  • January 31, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • James Norwood
  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • HAER IN-91 - Delphi Bridge on U.S. Route 421, Spanning Deer Creek at U.S. Route 421, Delphi, Carroll County, IN

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