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Ash Road Bridge

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A View Of The Bridge Which Demonstrates The Length Of The Causeway. Looking East, From Upriver, South Side

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over St. Joseph River on Ash Road
Location
St. Joseph County, Indiana, and Elkhart County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1929; rehabilitated 1995
Design
Open-spandrel Arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 89.9 ft.
Total length: 284.0 ft.
Deck width: 49.9 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
County Line Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.68009, -86.06135   (decimal degrees)
41°40'48" N, 86°03'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/578125/4614683 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Osceola
Inventory numbers
INNBI 7100119 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17051 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2010)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 82.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
15,404

Update Log 

  • February 20, 2011: New Street View added by Jodi Christman
  • February 20, 2011: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added Elkhart County
  • February 21, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Adjusted GPS coordinates
  • February 14, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Alternate name, Design and HAER data

Sources 

  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • HAER IN-68 - County Line Bridge, Spanning St. Joseph River at State Route 219, 0.6 mile south of U.S. Route 20, Osceola vicinity, Elkhart County, IN
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth