Joliet Road Bridge

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Joliet Road Over CFE Profile View

Photo taken by R. Mark Pittman in May 2021

BH Photo #498548

Overview: Girder bridge over CFE RR on Joliet Road
Location: Valley City, Porter County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1930; rehabilitated 1989
Railroads: - Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad (CFE)
- Conrail (CR)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design: Pony plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 85.6 ft.
Total length: 125.3 ft.
Deck width: 29.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.46972, -87.07278 (decimal degrees)
41°28'11" N, 87°04'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/493922/4590905 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Valparaiso
Average daily traffic (as of 2018): 8,090
Inventory numbers: INNBI 6400127 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 47453 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2018): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 53.3 (out of 100)
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