Rating:
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George Street Bridge

Dearborn County, Indiana

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by Jonathan Maxwell

BH Photo #102741

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Whipple through truss bridge over Hogan Creek on George Street in Aurora
Location
Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
Status
Open to two-lane traffic
History
Built 1887 by Lomas Forge & Bridge Works; rehabilitated 1989 and 2011.
Builders
- CLR Construction of Vincennes, Indiana (Restoration)
- Lomas Forge & Bridge Works of Cincinnati, Ohio
Design
16-panel, pinned Whipple through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 199.1 ft.
Total length: 253.8 ft.
Deck width: 23.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.7 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 1, 1984
Also called
Main Street Bridge
Aurora Bridge
County Bridge #159
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.05790, -84.89926   (decimal degrees)
39°03'28" N, 84°53'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/681766/4325302 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Aurora
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
3,050
Inventory numbers
INNBI 1500091 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 84001012 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16005 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 29.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

16-panel truss (23)
19th Century (8,305)
Aurora, Indiana (6)
Built 1887 (237)
Built during 1880s (2,161)
CLR Construction (14)
Dearborn County, Indiana (78)
Have street view (28,872)
Historic Bridge Weekend 2012 (47)
Indiana (5,090)
Lomas Forge & Bridge Works (10)
NR-listed (3,014)
 Open (40,955)
Owned by county (21,598)
Painted red (70)
Pin-connected (4,668)
Select (531)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,058)
Steel grate deck (467)
Through truss (16,701)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,504)
Truss (35,367)
Whipple truss (463)
Wrought Iron (417)

Update Log 

  • March 28, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added Rick's photo & category "16-panel truss"
  • February 10, 2022: New photos from Bambi Sharkoman
  • February 21, 2021: New photo from Tony Dillon
  • November 12, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • December 6, 2015: New photos from Mike Mullins
  • July 9, 2014: New photos from Andrew Raker
  • June 21, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • October 6, 2012: New Street View added by Jann Mayer
  • September 16, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Adj. coordinates
  • November 7, 2011: New photos from James McCray
  • November 5, 2011: New photos from J.P.
  • March 14, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added Google Street View.
  • March 30, 2009: New photo from Anthony Dillon
  • August 30, 2005: Posted photos from Jonathan Maxwell

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Bill Eichelberger
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Luke
  • Andrew Raker
  • Mike Mullins
  • Jesse Sharkoman Berube - jesseberube5 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Paul Plassman
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Comments 

George Street Bridge
Posted September 26, 2011, by Chris Wanninger

I'd love to see the Red Bridge saved too! Lots of history there.

George Street Bridge
Posted September 26, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Glad to see this one finished... But just what color is "Maroonish" anyway?

Now if we can just get Dearborn County to rehab the Guilford Red Bridge.

George Street Bridge
Posted September 26, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

The rehab of this bridge is complete. http://www.eaglecountryonline.com/news.php?nID=2361