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Garfield Park Bean Creek Road Bridge

Marion County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken by Tony Dillon in August 2011

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BH Photo #208827

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Bean Creek on Garfield Park Road in Indianapolis
Location
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1923
Builders
- John L. Elliott
- Todd & Reid
Design
Closed-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 41.0 ft.
Deck width: 34.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.73278, -86.14444   (decimal degrees)
39°43'58" N, 86°08'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/573314/4398448 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Maywood
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
1,915
Inventory numbers
INNBI 4900316 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16562 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2018)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 91.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,100)
Built 1923 (620)
Built during 1920s (9,922)
Closed-spandrel arch (3,992)
Deck arch (11,339)
Have street view (26,946)
Indiana (4,918)
Indianapolis, Indiana (174)
John L. Elliott (1)
 Marion County, Indiana (214)
Open (39,882)
Owned by city (5,399)
Park (271)
Select (530)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,668)
Todd & Reid (1)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,193)

Update Log 

  • October 12, 2013: New Street View added by Brent Tindall
  • December 30, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Builder info from plaque
  • December 30, 2012: New photos from J.P.
  • August 15, 2011: New photos from Tony Dillon
  • March 12, 2009: New photos from John Weller

Sources 

  • John Weller - jweller [at] indy [dot] rr [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Garfield Park Bean Creek Road Bridge
Posted August 21, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Mr. Weller's fine photos (1-4) are actually of the bridge on Conservatory Road over Pleasant Run as you enter the the park on the Northeast side.

http://bridgehunter.com/in/marion/4900314/

I have sent an e-mail to our Webmaster to have these moved to the correct page.

Garfield Park Bean Creek Road Bridge
Posted August 21, 2011, by Jim Grey (mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com)

I'm a little confused here as the photos seem to show two different bridges. Which subset of photos is correct?