Columbia Avenue Bridge

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Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Little Calumet River on Columbia Avenue
Location: Munster, Lake County, Indiana
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1953
Design: Continuous steel beam
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 48.9 ft.
Total length: 147.0 ft.
Deck width: 28.2 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.56911, -87.50017 (decimal degrees)
41°34'09" N, 87°30'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/458298/4602058 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Calumet City
Average daily traffic (as of 2018): 8,848
Inventory numbers: INNBI 4500137 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 46950 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2018): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 77.9 (out of 100)
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Posted March 11, 2014, by Tom Rainford (trainford308 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge was replaced in the fall of 2013.