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Base Road Bridge

Jennings County, Indiana
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Overview

Photo taken by Chris Light

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Wooden bridge over the CSX Railroad on Base Road
Location
Jennings County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1920; rehabilitated 1970
Design
Timber stringer. Includes supplemental Phoenix column bents added as a repair.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 33.1 ft.
Total length: 119.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.98472, -85.68583   (decimal degrees)
38°59'05" N, 85°41'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/613822/4315902 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Hayden
Inventory numbers
INNBI 4000128 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16391 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2009)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 24.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1994)
75

Categories 

Beam (6,154)
Built during 1920s (7,046)
CSX Railroad (583)
Have street view (10,033)
Indiana (3,350)
Jennings County, Indiana (66)
One-lane traffic (7,119)
Open (28,452)
 Owned by county (16,526)
Phoenix columns (31)
Skewed (4,083)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,103)
Structurally deficient (16,728)
Timber stringer (1,893)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,649)
Wooden deck (5,416)

Update Log 

  • April 17, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge includes supplemental Phoenix Column bents.
  • April 15, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.
  • March 23, 2010: New photos from James McCray
  • February 23, 2010: New photos from J.P.
  • August 21, 2006: Posted photos from Chris Light

Sources 

  • Chris Light - CJKADJ [at] juno [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
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Base Road Bridge
Posted April 17, 2012, by james mccray (jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com)

ooohhhh sweet.....awesome

Base Road Bridge
Posted April 17, 2012, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

The goodies are underneath this bridge. Take the time to look under this bridge and you will find reused Phoenix columns added by B&O as repairs to the bridge. (Thanks to Jim Cooper for pointing this out)

Base Road Bridge
Posted June 12, 2010, by Jim Grey (mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com)

According to my old maps and road guides, Base Rd. was the original alignment of US 50 (and its predecessor, State Road 4, under Indiana's pre-1927 numbering scheme).