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Illinois Street Bridge

Marion County, Indiana
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Photos 

View from the West

Photo taken by John Weller in February 2009

Map 

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Fall Creek on Illinois Street in Indianapolis
Location
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Slated for rehabilitation in 2013.
History
Built 1899
Builders
- Hoosier Bridge
- Melan Arch Construction Co.
Design
Closed-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 83.3 ft.
Total length: 237.8 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.80250, -86.15889   (decimal degrees)
39°48'09" N, 86°09'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/572003/4406175 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Indianapolis West
Inventory numbers
INNBI 4900214 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16569 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2010)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 25.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
28,471

Categories 

19th Century (3,851)
Arch (9,440)
Built 1899 (167)
Built during 1890s (1,560)
Closed-spandrel arch (2,774)
Deck arch (8,724)
Hoosier Bridge (1)
Indiana (3,350)
Indianapolis, Indiana (133)
 Marion County, Indiana (164)
Melan Arch Construction Co. (2)
Open (28,454)
Owned by city (3,089)
Select (538)
Skewed (4,083)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,740)
Structurally deficient (16,730)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,806)

Update Log 

  • March 12, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: Bridge to be rehabbed.
  • December 21, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Removed category "George E. Kessler"
  • December 20, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "George E. Kessler"
  • December 20, 2012: Updated by J.P.: added builders
  • February 23, 2010: New photos from J.P.
  • February 28, 2009: New photos from John Weller

Sources 

  • John Weller - jweller [at] indy [dot] rr [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
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Illinois Street Bridge
Posted December 20, 2012, by J.P. (wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com)

First time I noticed, I loaded the wrong photos to this bridge. The plaque and the photo before it belong to a different bridge which I will have to figure out.