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Fall Creek Meridian Street Bridge

Marion County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken by John Weller in February 2009

BH Photo #134448

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Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Fall Creek on Meridian Street in Indianapolis
Location
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1917; rehabilitated 1988
Builders
- Dunn McCarthy Co.
- George Kessler
Design
Closed-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 94.1 ft.
Total length: 344.1 ft.
Deck width: 56.4 ft.
Also called
Joseph W. Summers Memorial Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.80333, -86.15639   (decimal degrees)
39°48'12" N, 86°09'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/572217/4406269 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Indianapolis West
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
29,647
Inventory numbers
INNBI 4900633 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16558 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2016)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 62.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (11,340)
Built 1917 (601)
Built during 1910s (8,993)
Closed-spandrel arch (3,698)
Deck arch (10,590)
Dunn McCarthy Co. (1)
Functionally obsolete (7,747)
George Kessler (1)
Have street view (24,039)
 Indiana (4,289)
Indianapolis, Indiana (156)
Marion County, Indiana (187)
Open (37,445)
Owned by city (4,713)
Select (529)
Skewed (4,789)
Span length 75-100 feet (5,984)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,746)

Update Log 

  • February 22, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
  • October 12, 2013: New Street View added by Brent Tindall
  • September 28, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • July 8, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added arch type.
  • February 23, 2010: New photos from J.P.
  • February 28, 2009: Updated by John Weller: Updated builder and architect
  • February 19, 2009: Updated by John Weller

Sources 

  • John Weller - jweller [at] indy [dot] rr [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Bill Eichelberger
  • Jacob P. Bernard
  • Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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