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Photo taken by Satolli Glassmeyer

Overview: Through truss bridge over French Lick Creek on Gorge Street in French Lick
Location: Orange County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1904; rehabilitated 1995
Builder: - Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Design: Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 87.9 ft.
Total length: 90.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.3 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Gorge Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.54139, -86.61250 (decimal degrees)
38°32'29" N, 86°36'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/533769/4265957 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: French Lick
Inventory numbers: INNBI 5900035 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16735 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2010): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 18.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 175

Gorge Street Bridge

Posted August 16, 2007, by Rod Detty (zonechair [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge was still in use in July, 2007, when this photo was taken.