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Photo taken Oct. 2006 by Tom Hall

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Overview: Three-span through truss bridge over Wabash River on Business US 31 at Peru
Location: Peru, Miami County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1939; rehabilitated 1988. Former US 31, also know as the Blue Star Highway with plaque at Southwest corner at road intersection
Design: Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 609.8 ft.
Deck width: 28.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.7 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.74242, -86.09669 (decimal degrees)
40°44'33" N, 86°05'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/576265/4510556 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Bunker Hill
Inventory numbers: INNBI 5200122 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16656 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2011): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 52.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 12,575

Update Log

April 9, 2009: Updated by James Norwood
December 22, 2006: Posted photos from Tom Hall

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Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
James Norwood
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Old US 31 Wabash River Business Bridge

Posted July 16, 2012, by Todd (waycool67 [at] rocketmail [dot] com)

There is a void that slaps you in the face when you drive over an ugly concrete eyesore bridge. Last Sunday I relived childhood thrills while in Peru, Indiana. Concrete eyesores still are invading the historic bridge inventory. Lord, I'd hate to see a UCEB here next time around.