Rating:
No votes cast

Greenfield Pike Bridge

Hamilton County, Indiana

Photos 

Greenfield Pike Bridge

The Noblesville Ledger: May 5 1975

Enlarge

BH Photo #448448

Map 

Description 

This was the third bridge at this site, the original covered bridge was lost in the 1913 flood and the replacement concrete span was heavily damaged, once again by the flooding of 1927. Contract price for this span was $13,190, and it is uncertain why the contractor used a Baltimore truss in this application. After being deemed eligible for the national register in 1980, the bridge was closed to all traffic in 1981 due to structural problems.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Baltimore through truss bridge over Stony Creek on Greenfield Pike (Now Avenue)
Location
Hamilton County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1928
Builder
- M.L. Oberholtzer (Contractor)
Design
10-panel, riveted Baltimore through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 130.0 ft.
Total length: 132.8 ft.
Deck width: 17.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Also called
Old County Bridge #218
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.02912, -86.00325   (decimal degrees)
40°01'45" N, 86°00'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/585047/4431465 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Noblesville
Inventory number
BH 77191 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Baltimore through truss (317)
Baltimore truss (347)
Built 1928 (1,158)
Built during 1920s (9,702)
Hamilton County, Indiana (63)
Indiana (4,727)
Lost (23,416)
Lost 1987 (200)
 Lost during 1980s (1,295)
M.L. Oberholtzer (3)
Replaced by new bridge (15,636)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,136)
Through truss (14,554)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,797)
Truss (31,953)

Update Log 

  • May 25, 2019: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • May 18, 2017: Added by Tony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

Comments 

Post a comment here Contact webmaster