White River Overflow IN 57 Bridge
Photos
Sorry a bit blurry -- this is a DashboardCam shot. Notice the stoplights and how traffic is now shunted down the center.
Photo taken by Jim Grey in August 2010
BH Photo #174957
Facts
- Overview
- Two-span through truss bridge over White River Overflow on IN 57
- Location
- Greene County, Indiana
- Status
- Demolished
- History
- Built ca. 1940; rehabilitated 1982
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 409.7 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
- +38.93583, -87.01722 (decimal degrees)
38°56'09" N, 87°01'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/498507/4309656 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Lyons
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 020720 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16229 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 11/2011)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 8.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 3,412
Update Log
- December 13, 2015: Updated by Mike Daffron: Gone, now there is a giant hole
- January 18, 2015: New photo from Mike Daffron
- June 25, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
- November 22, 2011: Updated by J.P.: updated bridge design
- October 1, 2011: New photos from Ed Hollowell
- August 29, 2010: New Street View added by Cliff Darby
- August 28, 2010: New photo from Jim Grey
Sources
- Jim Grey - mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com
- Cliff Darby - clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Ed Hollowell - erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Simple mistake my friend... just happy to be of assistance.
Sorry Tony, but who would have thought they had two bridges signaled for one lane. I didn't remember seeing this bridge but took photos of the White River Bridge. I moved them to the correct bridge.
Pics #2 and 3 appear to be of the White River 4-span bridge and not the overflow spans.
With a little web-fu, I turned up this article:
http://gcdailyworld.com/story/1642356.html
It says that this bridge, and its neighbor, are slated for replacement in 2013, barring intervention from historic preservationists and environmentalists (because of the presence of the brown bat here). The lane restrictions will remain until then.
That's just what I was thinking. I wonder how we can find out what brought this change about. I wish I had connections at INDOT!
Not a good sign to see this state highway span converted to a one lane bridge........
I drove this bridge today. It's been converted to one-lane traffic. There are stoplights on the bridge at either end controlling traffic.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/in/greene/20720/
Gone, just like the mothership Newberry bridge. Big, ugly hole now. What a shame! Now nobody will see it in because everyone will be traveling I69. I'm guessing that since it was just an overflow and road goes beside it's open grave, there will be no replacement. Anyone? Bah! Humbug!