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Jay City Bridge

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Southwest corner

Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in July 2009

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Wabash River on CR 700 East
Location
Jay County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1950
Design
Riveted Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 140.1 ft.
Total length: 145.0 ft.
Deck width: 21.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.56806, -84.84833   (decimal degrees)
40°34'05" N, 84°50'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/682141/4493033 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
New Corydon
Inventory numbers
INNBI 3800190 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16372 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2010)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 74.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
247

Categories 

Built during 1950s (2,382)
Indiana (3,348)
Jay County, Indiana (24)
NR-eligible (3,749)
Open (28,306)
Owned by county (16,484)
Select (538)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,136)
Truss (23,566)
Wabash River (87)
Warren through truss (926)
Warren truss (3,957)

Update Log 

  • February 4, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

Comments 

New Corydon Bridge
Posted March 24, 2011, by Richard Tekulve (CANOEINDIANA [at] YAHOO [dot] COM)

Actually this is called the Jay City Bridge. The New Corydon Bridge is located a half-mile East of this bridge at CR 750 East, a UCEB built in 1986.