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Columbia Avenue Bridge

Lake County, Indiana

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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 2011)
10,302
Inventory numbers
INNBI 4500137 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 46950 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2016)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 77.8 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Beam (13,772)
Built 1953 (299)
Built during 1950s (3,567)
Continuous (2,232)
Have street view (24,796)
Indiana (4,555)
Lake County, Indiana (80)
Lost (21,037)
Lost 2013 (277)
Lost during 2010s (2,474)
 Munster, Indiana (2)
NR-eligible (3,994)
Non-Select (300)
Owned by county (19,552)
Replaced by new bridge (13,800)
Span length 25-50 feet (14,585)
Steel stringer (5,413)
Structurally deficient (17,270)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,570)

Update Log 

  • March 11, 2014: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated status
  • November 11, 2010: Added by James Baughn

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Columbia Avenue Bridge
Posted March 11, 2014, by Tom Rainford (trainford308 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge was replaced in the fall of 2013.