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Overview

Photos taken 2005 by Nathan Holth

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Close-up of truss

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Ugly side

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Overview: Four-span deck truss bridge over St. Joseph River on Johnson Street in Goshen
Location: Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1918; rehabilitated 1981
Design: Warren deck truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 387.0 ft.
Deck width: 43.9 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.69306, -85.96583 (decimal degrees)
41°41'35" N, 85°57'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/586058/4616214 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Elkhart
Inventory numbers: INNBI 2000163 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16095 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2006): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 38.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1999): 42,341