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US 50/150 Bridge

Martin County, Indiana

Photos 

Picture taken of a picture on the side of a building in Shoals

Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in July 2010

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BH Photo #170281

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over W Fk. White River on 4th Street/US 50/US 150
Location
Shoals, Martin County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built in 1932
Builder
- Indiana Highway Commission (Designers)
Design
3 span State Highway Dept. Parker through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.66734, -86.79267   (decimal degrees)
38°40'02" N, 86°47'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/518036/4279882 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Shoals
Inventory number
BH 45701 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1932 (963)
Built during 1930s (11,746)
Indiana (4,918)
Indiana Highway Commission (2)
Lost (24,714)
Lost 1991 (308)
Lost during 1990s (3,982)
 Martin County, Indiana (47)
Parker through truss (1,295)
Parker truss (1,676)
Replaced by new bridge (16,567)
Shoals, Indiana (2)
Through truss (15,052)
Truss (32,772)

Update Log 

  • April 11, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • July 25, 2010: Added by Anthony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

US 50/150 Bridge
Posted July 29, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

It's all good Jim!.....gotta have each others backs!

US 50/150 Bridge
Posted July 29, 2010, by Jim Grey (mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com)

Annnnnnnd if I had looked further I would have seen that my previous comment was captured in this entry: http://bridgehunter.com/in/martin/shoals/

US 50/150 Bridge
Posted July 29, 2010, by Jim Grey (mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com)

Here are a couple photos of a marker commemorating the bridge that was here before this one.