Fall Creek Meridian Street Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by John Weller in February 2009

BH Photo #134448

Map 

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 2018)

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

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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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