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West side April 2009

Taken from former Kokomo High School lot looking Southeast

Photo taken by James Norwood

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Wildcat Creek on Apperson Way in Kokomo
Location: Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1929; rehabilitated 1987
Design: Arch. When reworked in 1987, it was a requirement that contractor not erase bridge architecture and it was rebuilt to look the same as before. Cost was one factor for this requirement.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 144.0 ft.
Deck width: 47.9 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.48389, -86.12694 (decimal degrees)
40°29'02" N, 86°07'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/573995/4481832 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Kokomo West
Inventory numbers: INNBI 3400124 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16318 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2011): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 76.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 8,388