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White River IN 57 Bridge

Greene County, Indiana
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Photo taken by Tom Hall in September 2007

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Overview
Four-span through truss bridge over White River on IN 57 in Newberry
Location
Greene County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1940; rehabilitated 1982
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 199.8 ft.
Total length: 1,001.7 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.7 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.92833, -87.01889   (decimal degrees)
38°55'42" N, 87°01'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/498362/4308823 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Lyons
Inventory numbers
INNBI 020710 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16228 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2011)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 13.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
3,412

Categories 

Built during 1940s (2,796)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Greene County, Indiana (57)
Have street view (9,891)
IN 57 (4)
Indiana (3,348)
NR-eligible (3,749)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
Non-Select (301)
 Open (28,310)
Owned by state (9,808)
Parker through truss (947)
Parker truss (1,267)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,483)
Through truss (9,206)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,213)
Truss (23,569)
White River (Indiana) (49)

Update Log 

  • October 3, 2011: Photo imported by Ed Hollowell
  • April 25, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.
  • June 22, 2008: New photos from Tom Hall

Sources 

  • Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Ed Hollowell - erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com
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White River IN 57 Bridge
Posted November 22, 2011, by J.P.

Pictures of the old covered bridge, you can't make them larger due to the fact that you have to the pay the historical society for access to them.

http://www.countyhistory.com/coveredbridge/greene5.htm

White River IN 57 Bridge
Posted November 22, 2011, by Cliff Darby (clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

It would be neat to see pics of the even OLDER bridge on those low pilons.

White River IN 57 Bridge
Posted August 4, 2011, by Tom Hoffman (tehoffm [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I believe these pilings are from the Newberry Covered bridge. This was one of the Kennedy's far from Rush County bridges. Also on of their only three span covered bridges ever constructed. Unlike most of the Kennedy bridges, Newberry had a Howe Truss rather than Burr Arch. I remember the George Gould Indiana covered bridge booklet's guide section indicating the covered bridge was taken out around 1940 like when the metal truss was built. Man it would be huge nonsense to have both this and the overflow bridges taken out. Its neat to have two massive through trusses close together. Two lanes is enough for 3-4000 vehicles a day. Plus the bridges are not below the standard width of 24 feet.

White River IN 57 Bridge
Posted August 4, 2011, by James Simmons (james [at] simmons [dot] net)

There are still pilings in the river from an old bridge just to the east of this one.

White River IN 57 Bridge
Posted August 28, 2010, by Jim Grey (mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com)

I drove this bridge today. It's been converted to one-lane traffic. There are stoplights on the bridge at either end controlling traffic.