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Birch Creek IN 46 Bridge

Clay County, Indiana

Photos 

West end

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in September 2008

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BH Photo #125276

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Birch Creek on IN 46
Location
Clay County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1932; rehabilitated 1979; Replaced 2014
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)
Quadrangle 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 07/2013)
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: 22.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
3,440

Categories 

Built 1932 (885)
Built during 1930s (10,582)
Clay County, Indiana (61)
Have street view (22,093)
IN 46 (21)
Indiana (4,198)
Lost (18,686)
Lost 2014 (223)
Lost during 2010s (2,004)
NR-eligible (3,971)
Non-Select (301)
 Owned by state (13,695)
Pony truss (15,049)
Replaced by new bridge (12,384)
Riveted (1,875)
Span length 75-100 feet (5,804)
Structurally deficient (18,441)
Total length 75-100 feet (5,941)
Truss (29,442)
Warren pony truss (2,947)
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (497)
Warren truss (5,790)

Update Log 

  • January 22, 2017: New photo from Mike Daffron
  • 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
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
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Birch Creek IN 46 Bridge
Posted April 21, 2015, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This one might be in storage

Birch Creek IN 46 Bridge
Posted April 21, 2015, by Mike Daffron (daffronmike [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Unfortunately was replaced in fall of 2014. I drive close to there and was unaware it was being removed. bummer

Birch Creek IN 46 Bridge
Posted August 23, 2013, by Tom Ketchum (tvketchum [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Endangered bridge. INDOT has posted a three ton limit effective immediately (08/23/13), and said the contract for replacement is due to be let in 2014, but they were looking at ways to accelerate the replacement.