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Barth Avenue Bridge

Marion County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken by Tony Dillon in August 2011

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BH Photo #208776

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony plate girder bridge over Pleasant Run on Barth Avenue
Location
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by a new pedestrian MOB bridge
History
Built ca.1895
Design
Riveted plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 64.0 ft.
Deck width: 28.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.74410, -86.14103   (decimal degrees)
39°44'39" N, 86°08'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/573594/4399708 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Maywood
Inventory numbers
INNBI 4900322 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 46959 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,567)
Built during 1890s (2,982)
Girder (10,237)
Have street view (26,948)
Indiana (4,918)
Indianapolis, Indiana (174)
Lost (24,744)
Lost 2015 (360)
 Lost during 2010s (3,284)
Marion County, Indiana (214)
Owned by city (5,402)
Plate girder (7,926)
Replaced by new bridge (16,586)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,076)
Through girder (3,810)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,300)

Update Log 

  • July 29, 2019: Updated by Mike Kerkau: Replacement year 2015, per Google search
  • March 12, 2018: Updated by Nathan Holth: Bridge demolished and replaced with a MOB.
  • December 2, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • August 15, 2011: New photos from Tony Dillon
  • November 11, 2010: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • Mike Kerkau - mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
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Comments 

Barth Avenue Bridge
Posted July 29, 2019, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Dear God that's horrific!

Barth Avenue Bridge
Posted March 13, 2018, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

Yes, the bridge has been replaced with the MOB ped. Pieces of the original have been made into "art" (?????)

Barth Avenue Bridge
Posted March 13, 2018, by Luke

Photos 24 & 25. Also if you shut off the isometric view it clearly shows the MOB and the amphitheater.

Barth Avenue Bridge
Posted March 13, 2018, by Jason Smith (flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com)

I don't think an MOB is there. According to maps, the old bridge is still standing. Does anyone have proof that the MOB has actually replaced this bridge?

Barth Avenue Bridge
Posted March 13, 2018, by Archie Marsh (arch [dot] e [dot] marsh [at] gmail [dot] com)

The art is clearly symbolic of man's inhumanity to bridges.

Barth Avenue Bridge
Posted March 12, 2018, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Yes, looks like a MOB took over.

Barth Avenue Bridge
Posted March 12, 2018, by Ed Hollowell (erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com)

Hasen't this bridge been replaced?