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Birch Creek IN 46 Bridge

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Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in September 2008

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Birch Creek on IN 46
Location
Clay County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1932; rehabilitated 1979
Design
Riveted Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 95.8 ft.
Total length: 99.7 ft.
Deck width: 23.6 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.38667, -87.12778   (decimal degrees)
39°23'12" N, 87°07'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/488995/4359694 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Staunton
Inventory numbers
INNBI 017020 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
INDOT 046-11-01313A (Indiana Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 15913 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2011)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 12.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
3,440

Categories 

Built 1932 (730)
Built during 1930s (8,553)
Clay County, Indiana (39)
Have street view (9,887)
IN 46 (21)
Indiana (3,348)
NR-eligible (3,749)
Non-Select (301)
Open (28,305)
Owned by state (9,807)
Pony truss (13,216)
Riveted (1,011)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Structurally deficient (16,676)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,794)
Truss (23,566)
Warren pony truss (1,987)
Warren truss (3,957)

Update Log 

  • August 13, 2011: New photos from James McCray
  • July 19, 2011: New photos from J.P.
  • October 15, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
  • September 29, 2008: New photos from Robert Stephenson

Sources 

  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com