Melbrook Bridge

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Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in April 2010

BH Photo #160427

Overview: Pony truss bridge over a Branch of Big Blue River on Edinburgh Road
Location: Shelby County, Indiana
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Design: 3-panel, bolted Warren pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 47.9 ft.
Total length: 51.8 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Old County Bridge #97
Big Blue River Branch-Edinburgh Rd. Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.39320, -85.92363 (decimal degrees)
39°23'36" N, 85°55'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/592687/4360964 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Marietta
Inventory numbers: INNBI 7300088 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17017 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2014): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 28.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2014): 100

Melbrook Bridge

Posted October 18, 2015, by David Covington (dcovington46176 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge was lost and replaced with a new bridge around 2014.